The woolly mammoth could be resurrected by genetics – Buzger

Thanks to the mammoth DNA, scientists say they are now able to revive extinct species.

Beyond the incredible progress that this ad could be, there is an ethical issue.

According to their claims, based on DNA already taken from woolly mammoths, one found in Siberia, and the other on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean, scientists are now able to recreate these specimens missing there more than 4000 years .

It is about to use an elephant as a surrogate . The project, however, could never see the day, for obvious ethical issues, “It would be great fun, with the idea to see a living mammoth, and observe how he behaves, how it moves” explains Love Dalen, the Natural History Museum of Sweden, co-author of the study, before adding. “But I’m not sure we should do should be used as a surrogate mother elephant and this poses an ethical problem since this process may cause pain to the female. “

In addition, the pachyderm would be particularly isolated and used mainly for observation, especially as could never be released free .