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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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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Betteridge's law.

In this case, while it might be possible to reproduce a member of an extinct species, if the conditions which cause the die-off of that species are unchanged then the species will still be extinct. The living individual would be a curiosity at best.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Not only that but would so few specimens be a minimum viable population? This would be a pretty large number of individuals to attempt true rewilding.