• Question: could mammoths be brought back to life

    Asked by urbanboss786 to Jemma, John, Lisa, Sam on 28 May 2012.
    • Photo: Jemma Ransom

      Jemma Ransom answered on 28 May 2012:

      Hi @urbanboss786,

      I presume you are thinking of jurassic park 🙂

      In theory I guess it would be possible if we found the complete genome of the mammoth, however it is unlikely that in the fossilised mammoths already found there would be any viable DNA left. So in theory yes, but probably not within our lifetimes.

      Jemma

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