'Closer than people think': Woolly mammoth 'de-extinction' is nearing reality — and we have no idea what happens next
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Scientists are getting very close to bringing a few iconic species, like woolly mammoths and dodos, back from extinction. That may not be a good thing.
  • lath@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Bringing back an ice age animal when the heat is highest since the last ice age. Whatever could go wrong?

    Probably summon another ice age.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Some time ago someone asked what one would do with unlimited secret science funds. My suggestion was to clone a complete herd of mammoths and drop them in some remote corner of a national park, just to confuse everyone how they must have overlooked them all the time…