While it may seem impossible to bring long extinct creatures back to life, scientists are achieving breakthroughs that could enable a comeback, perhaps in the not so distant future
mammoth
This is no easy task as it requires precise manipulation of the genetic code
The so-called prehistoric “mammoth meatball” has been manufactured by the Australian “cellular meat” company, Vow
Last year, the Dallas-based firm scored an additional $60 million in funding to continue the mammoth gene-editing work it started in 2021
After 10,000 years of extinction, this is when woolly mammoths will walk the Earth again
Sir David Attenborough will tell of ‘pristine’ skeletons found with other extinct species
The origin of myths
The traps contained the remains of at least 14 mammoths
Teams of scientists from South Korea are working on trying to similarly clone extinct cave lions using DNA found from the remains of two very well-preserved baby cave lions