Thanks for the link! That’s exactly what I was thinking of...I think Smithsonian did an article on this some time back, and I may dig through my back issues and see if I can find it again. It laid out the (presumed) required steps for a successful mammoth cloning, although there are a couple of different approaches.
This is definitely a marathon and not a sprint. A project like this could go on for years....
You’re welcome. I found out about this a few weeks ago, and have been imagining mammoth burgers, mammoth steaks, slow-cooked mammoth ribs since. I think if there were the funding this could move fairly rapidly - take a look at the ibex from the Pyrenees link too. There seem to be plenty of DNA available, from several different woolly mammoth, some in very good quality still. I thought I remembered the Russians working on this too, not just the Japanese, but can’t find that link as quickly.