You can never step into the same river twice, you can’t raise the dead, and you can’t bring back an extinct species with genetic engineering. A Texas startup, Colossal Biosciences, claims they are on the way to that last feat, but there are a number of problems with their claims.
Experts have said there is a strong chance a long-lost species, such as mammoths, the dodo and the Tasmanian tiger, could brought back from the dead before 2028 – with the help of Paris Hilton and Chris Hemsworth.
In simple terms, the science behind the mission involves working out the “core” genes that make an extinct animal what it is, and then replicate those genes using the DNA of a close existing relative.
Scientists at Colossal Biosciences are already well on their way to reviving the species using gene-editing technology.
They aren’t. You can’t revive an extinct species. What Colossal…
