Now Ready to Re-Create Mammoths

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13623701/woolly-mammoth-scientists-reconstruct-chromosomes.html

De-extinction of the woolly mammoth takes a major step
forwards: Scientists reconstruct the chromosomes of a
52,000-year-old creature - and it could allow them to
resurrect the lost species

An unusually well-preserved specimen was excavated in
Siberia in 2018

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   Actually they've been collecting genetic bits and
   pieces for a long time now. Looks like there's
   finally enough to re-fab the full mammoth genome.

   NOT sure about the epigenetics however - those
   are at least as important as the DNA itself.

   The Plan seem to revolve around using Indian
   elephants, inserting the mammoth DNA into an
   egg, then using the elephant as an 'incubator'.

   Not sure how the elephants feel about this.
   Nobody asks them.

   Yea, it's all kind of "Jurassic Park" - but
   there's not enough dino DNA for that. More
   recent species though ... yea ... it CAN
   make it work.

   It is not clear why the mammoths died out. MAY
   have been climate change, food issues. A virus ?
   May have also been that we ATE most of them.

   Hey, wonder what happened to the Neanderthals ?
   Bet it wasn't THEM, but US. Neanderthals did
   well in a variety of climes, so skip the
   'environment' bullshit. WE killed them ...
   "Death To All Trolls and Ogres !" ........