Woolly mammoths could roam Earth after giant DNA advance
Daily Express|July 12, 2024
BRINGING woolly mammoths back from extinction is a gigantic step closer after a 3D reconstruction of DNA using tissue taken from a 52,000-year-old carcass preserved under ice.
Stephen Beech
Woolly mammoths could roam Earth after giant DNA advance

It is the first time this has been achieved from any ancient DNA sample, and was only possible because the genetic material was preserved as the monster "freezedried" after it died in north Siberia.

Research co-leader Prof Thomas Gilbert, of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, said: "These results have obvious consequences for contemporary efforts aimed at woolly mammoth de-extinction."

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