fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Palaeontology 🦖@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 months agoWoolly Mammoth de-extinction project underway in Dallaswww.nbcdfw.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down12
arrow-up183arrow-down1external-linkWoolly Mammoth de-extinction project underway in Dallaswww.nbcdfw.comfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Palaeontology 🦖@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-28 months ago “As it turns out the woolly mammoth and Asian elephant are 99.6% gnomically similar,” said James. That is still further apart genetically than humans and the other two chimp species, so it is still a massive gap to bridge. Asian elephants are also endangered, wouldn’t it be better to ensure their survival than to spend money on this boondoggle?
minus-squaremreiner@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoIs anyone proposing both? This feels like a publicity stunt at best. Why de-extinct something at all, especially something with no current ecological niche?
minus-squareursakhiin@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoNot too mention, de-extincting something that is from a much colder point of history while we are heating up the planet.
minus-squarevettnerk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoI have to admit that “gnomical” does not make me think of genomes.
That is still further apart genetically than humans and the other two chimp species, so it is still a massive gap to bridge.
Asian elephants are also endangered, wouldn’t it be better to ensure their survival than to spend money on this boondoggle?
Why not both?
Is anyone proposing both?
This feels like a publicity stunt at best. Why de-extinct something at all, especially something with no current ecological niche?
Not too mention, de-extincting something that is from a much colder point of history while we are heating up the planet.
I have to admit that “gnomical” does not make me think of genomes.