Mammoth Returns
Colossal, a new Texas-based start-up, plans to bring the woolly
mammoth back from the dead and return an ancient species to the Arctic tundra.
Working with Harvard University’s Dr. George
Church, a pioneer who laid the scientific
groundwork for the de-extinction of the mammoth, Colossal is a “new wave of thoughtful and
disruptive conservation aimed at combating the effects of climate change
through ecosystem restoration,” according to their press release. Using CRISPR
gene-editing technology, Colossal’s goal is to “rewild” the Siberian Tundra
with mammoths for the purpose of conservation and to restore the ecosystem back
to when mammoths roamed.
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Have
they not learned from Jurassic Park? Much as I would love to see a Mammoth I
have my doubts about bringing ancient species back to life.
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