Independent DNA tests are to be conducted on the alleged first cloned human to determine if she is a genuine genetic duplicate.

A chemist connected to a group that believes life on Earth was created by extraterrestrials claimed today to have produced the world’s first human clone, a baby girl named Eve.

A sect claims the world’s first cloned human – a girl – has been born. The child was born yesterday by caesarean section and the birth “went very well”, said Brigitte Boisselier, a French chemist and member of the Raelian sect.

A chemist who said her company would soon produce the world’s first human clone – a baby girl genetically identical to her 30-year-old mother – was due to make an announcement today.

THE race to produce the first birth of a human clone is nearing the finish line — if you believe the public pronouncements.

The race to produce the first birth of a human clone is nearing the finish line – if you believe the public pronouncements.

Scientists and doctors argued publicly today over whether cloning is a sound science or an error-prone process that could produce abnormal embryos.

The first human clone is likely to be produced "very soon", according to an American scientist.