The long-dead woolly mammoth will make its return from extinction by 2027, says Colossal, the biotech company actively working to reincarnate the ancient beast.
Last year, the Dallas-based firm scored an additional $60 million in funding to continue the, well, mammoth gene-editing work it started in 2021. If successful, not only will Colossal bring back an extinct species, one the company dubs a cold-resistant elephant but it will also reintroduce the woolly mammoth to the same ecosystem in which it once lived in an effort to fight climate change, according to a recent Medium post.
Colossal calls the woolly mammoth’s vast migration patterns an active part of preserving the health of the Arctic, and so bringing the animal back to life can have a beneficial impact on the health of the world’s ecosystem. While Colossal originally hoped to reintroduce the woolly mammoth into Siberia, the company may explore other options based on the current political framework of the world.
Source: Popular Mechanics
Steven B
I hope they are thinking LONG and HARD about the rule of “Unintended Consequences”.
CJ M
Furthest thing from their mind, Steven! It is just the first step to a real life jurrasic park! We are probably paying for it.
Thoth M
They had me right up until ‘release them back into their ecosystem’. What ‘colossal’ hubris & idiocy! Their ecosystem is a whole lot more than an icy latitude, and without counter competitive species, there is no telling how that will play out. Do they even have enough genetic diversity to support a healthy community of mammoths?
Charles R
I agree with above comments. How will these Mammoths fight the term climate change, which I see none of as of now.. Heck they lived through several long and drawn out Ice Ages going into warmer times and back. Hubris Indeed.