My answer changes every day. Because there are so many steps along the way to de-extinction, there is no particular species that is an ideal candidate for being brought back to life. read more
At least four things have to go perfectly right for this to work: 1. Extract and sequence a complete set of the nuclear DNA strands (from the nucleus of their cells) of a given individual of a species 2. read more
One of the problems conservationists face is that there’s no clear definition of what a species is. Explain “the species problem” and how this can alter an animal’s status. read more