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Mammoth task: could DNA discovery see woolly beasts revived?

Published: 20 November, 2008, 22:12


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.

 
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