If we have so many extremely well preserved extinct animals, why have we not attempted to bring some back?
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The way I understand it is as follows. Having intact strands of DNA from an animal isn’t quite enough. Once you have isolated viable strand you have to kick them from dormancy into cellular activity. Once they become active you have to get them to start replicating the way an embryo does. Once you have a growing embryo you need a host. An artificial womb is a possibility but how would we know what nutrient recipe would be required for an extinct species? The best hop right now would be to implant the embryo in a similar species, like a Wooly Mammoth embryo could possibly be incubated in a Elephant’s womb. A Saber Tooth might be able to be gestated in a lion or some other big cat. Possibly! We don’t know until we get to that point. So far, science isn’t there, yet!
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