Woolly mammoths are making a comeback. Should we eat them? - The Independent

A Texas start-up is using genetic engineering to revive that most iconic of extinct animals. But the woolly mammoth’s potential return sparks a number of ethical questions, says Tom Ough. Namely: which supermarket will line up to stock chunks of them first?

And what hairy beast, its hour come at last, slouches towards a laboratory to be born? Some 3,900 years ago, on mainland Siberia, the last known woolly mammoth breathed its last. Since then, humans … [+8609 chars]

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