[SunkenCiv]

Woolly mammoths are thought to have died out around 10,000 years ago. Photo: Alamy

[a fool in paradise]

Expedition chief Semyon Grigoryev said Korean scientists with the team had set a goal of finding living cells in the hope of cloning a mammoth. Scientists have previously found bones and fragments but not living cells.

They've found more than just bones and fragments. They have found whole mammoths frozen/preserved, however sometimes they are exposed to the elements for a week before they are properly moved to a laboratory.

Not sure if there would be "living cells" in them. Talk about freezer burn.

[eartrumpet]

Wouldn’t it be easier to get some fresh cells from this one and use them to clone a mammoth?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0i4YzT_jYs&feature=related

[blueunicorn6]

My cousin Mike bought an old circus elephant and put a coat on it and charged people $5 each to “SEE THE WOOLLY MAMMOTH!!!” He did ok until a guy down the highway put a coat on Bill Maher and had “SEE THE SASQUATCH!!!”

[madison10]

I see no good reason to clone the mammoth. They went extinct for a reason and it would be good to keep it that way.

Let’s not mess with DNA of dead, prehistoric creatures...

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

I guess this comes from reading too much SF as a kid (and even today) BUT ... I SOOOOOOO hope they can actually clone a mammoth within my lifetime! I think that would finally make me feel like I was living in that Jetsons’ world we were all promised way back when. If I can’t have a flying car, I want a woolly mammoth! ;o)