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Scientists say they are close to resurrecting a lost species. Is the age of de-extinction upon us? (edition.cnn.com)
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[–] azi@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

I understand the Dodo and Thylacine—colonialism has been a disaster for ecosystems around the world and restoration is very much desirable—but why the woolly mammoth? What possible benefit could come from destroying the ecosystems we've had for millennia to replace them with a facsimile of the ice age?