Some Scientists Want To Resurrect Extinct Species – Is It Even Possible?

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  Imagine a world where herds of woolly mammoths roam the Arctic tundra,

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  dodos thrive on the beaches of Mauritius, dire wolves howl in the wilderness of North America.

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  That's the dream of de-extinction, bringing extinct species back to life through genetic engineering.

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  That world is sadly unlikely to come back.

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  From New Scientist, this is the world, the universe and us.

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  I'm Dr Rowan Hooper.

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  To discuss de-extinction, I'm joined by reporter Michael LaPage

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  and paleontologist Victoria Herridge from the University of Sheffield.

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  Welcome both.

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  Thank you.

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