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Woolly mammoth on verge of resurrection, scientists reveal
UK Guardian ^
| February 16, 2017
| Hannah Devlin
Posted on 02/16/2017 11:16:20 AM PST by C19fan
The woolly mammoth vanished from the Earth 4,000 years ago, but now scientists say they are on the brink of resurrecting the ancient beast in a revised form, through an ambitious feat of genetic engineering.
Speaking ahead of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston this week, the scientist leading the “de-extinction” effort said the Harvard team is just two years away from creating a hybrid embryo, in which mammoth traits would be programmed into an Asian elephant.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: cloning; mammoth; mammoths
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The headline is misleading. The scientists are going to try to produce an Asian elephant/mammoth hybrid.
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posted on
02/16/2017 11:16:20 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
I want one. Putting in my order for one today. Bye bye....Lawn.
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posted on
02/16/2017 11:17:53 AM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
02/16/2017 11:18:35 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: central_va
Our ancestors luved Mammoth meat so much they helped drive it to extinction.
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posted on
02/16/2017 11:19:17 AM PST
by
C19fan
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To: C19fan
Can we hunt them to extinction again?
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posted on
02/16/2017 11:20:54 AM PST
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: C19fan
The best thing about Global Warming? It means Ice Age megafauna is making a comeback!!
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02/16/2017 11:21:13 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
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To: C19fan
I seem to have heard about scientists trying to resurrect extinct animals before ...
...uh ... no ... might not want to do that.
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posted on
02/16/2017 11:23:38 AM PST
by
BlueLancer
(Ex Scientia Tridens)
To: C19fan
only to go extinct again because of global warming lol
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posted on
02/16/2017 11:23:39 AM PST
by
Bob434
To: max americana
Woolly Bully.....watchit now watchit. Here it comes
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posted on
02/16/2017 11:26:02 AM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: C19fan
I got your Woolly Mammoth right here.
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posted on
02/16/2017 11:26:22 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
If we ressurect it, it instantly becomes an endangered species...sooooo, can we release them in liberal neighborhoods?
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posted on
02/16/2017 11:27:03 AM PST
by
dsrtsage
(One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%fe)
To: max americana
To: BlueLancer
Why did you post a picture of James Carville?
To: C19fan
I think there were a few herds alive around 2000-2500 years ago on a few artic islands above Russia.
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02/16/2017 11:30:13 AM PST
by
Az Joe
To: C19fan
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posted on
02/16/2017 11:30:14 AM PST
by
Crucial
To: Az Joe
I read about them. Those mammoths shrunk over time to survive.
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02/16/2017 11:31:11 AM PST
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C19fan
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