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'Closer than people think': Woolly mammoth 'de-extinction' is nearing reality — and we have no idea what happens next (www.livescience.com)

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[-] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Step 1: acquire genetic material
Step 2: supplement material with closely related extant species <- We are here
Step 3: Get an egg cell with your Frankenstein-DNA to survive and divide
Step 4: Produce a healthy baby
Step 5: Get a small population in a Zoo/Park
Step 6: have a permanent wild population in a specific area
Step 7: have enough of those areas to declare repopulation a success

Is fixating on the mammoths here first-world centrism? The article mentions 4 other species that have way better chances. Also, given how far we are from actual wild mammoths, that "it can solve climate change" argument is just wrong the way it's been presented.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

It's mostly people-with-money-centric.

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