Wooly Mammoths and Saber-toothed Tigers could be coming to a zoo near you.
Should we play God? With the ever growing field of genetics, scientists are now closer than ever to resurrecting long extinct species. They call it de-extinction.
Geneticists take DNA from extinct animals and then clone it, hoping to produce a strand of useful genetically coded material. But instead of just attempting to create one specimen, scientists hope to create an entire population. What do you think? Is science taking this too far?
The National Geographic Channel airs Mammoth: Back from the Dead, a segment that covers the topic of de-extinction, at 8 p.m. EST on April 12.
Should we play God? With the ever growing field of genetics, scientists are now closer than ever to resurrecting long extinct species. They call it de-extinction.
De-Extinction could bring these behemoths back to life. Photo: Jonathan S. Blair, National Geographic
Geneticists take DNA from extinct animals and then clone it, hoping to produce a strand of useful genetically coded material. But instead of just attempting to create one specimen, scientists hope to create an entire population. What do you think? Is science taking this too far?
The National Geographic Channel airs Mammoth: Back from the Dead, a segment that covers the topic of de-extinction, at 8 p.m. EST on April 12.
