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20.11.2008, 22:12

Mammoth task: could DNA discovery see woolly beasts revived?

Scientists in the U.S. have discovered the genetic code of the woolly mammoth, an animal that's been extinct since the Ice Age. It's led to fevered speculation that there might one day be hope of reviving it.

Can prehistoric mammoths now be cloned?

Published: 11 April, 2008, 11:55


The body of mammoth Lyuba

Russian scientists say they’ve managed to develop the most detailed picture ever of the insides of prehistoric animals. They made the discovery after studying a baby mammoth found immaculately preserved in the Yamalo-Nenets region in the Urals last year.

 
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