It was recently reported in the
news that scientists have sequenced the
complete genomes of two Woolly Mammoths. Te prospect of eventually cloning this
extinct species has thus come one step closer to reality.
Today on Far Future Horizons we
present the Motherboard’s documentary short “The Mission to Resurrect the
Woolly Mammoth”.
Right
now, in the Twenty-first century, South Korean scientists are actually working
to resurrect the prehistoric woolly mammoth using cloning technology and the
flesh of perfectly preserved specimen once buried in Northern Siberia. The hope
is that if they can find an active cell from the meaty leg of a 40,000 year old
frozen mammoth, it could hold the keys to bringing back the extinct species.
At
the same time, shady tusk hunting Siberians looking for mammoth ivory support
the Korean cloning project, by discovering frozen mammoths in the quickly
melting permafrost of the Russian Far North. This bizarre supply chain inspired
us to travel to Seoul, Yakutsk, and Moscow, to learn about humanity’s quest to
both profit from, and clone, the legendary woolly mammoth.
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