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.
Step 2: supplement material with closely related extant species <- We are here
Step 3: Get an egg cell with your Frankenstein-DNA to survive and divide
Step 4: Produce a healthy baby
Step 5: Get a small population in a Zoo/Park
Step 6: have a permanent wild population in a specific area
Step 7: have enough of those areas to declare repopulation a success
Is fixating on the mammoths here first-world centrism? The article mentions 4 other species that have way better chances. Also, given how far we are from actual wild mammoths, that “it can solve climate change” argument is just wrong the way it’s been presented.
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Is fixating on the mammoths here first-world centrism? The article mentions 4 other species that have way better chances. Also, given how far we are from actual wild mammoths, that “it can solve climate change” argument is just wrong the way it’s been presented.