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Disappointed (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2475407-no-the-dire-wolf-has-not-been-brought-back-from-extinction/

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Hank Green has a good video on the subject. This is like grafting genes into chimpanzees to make them stand upright and be hairless, and calling them human. There's some cool technology going on here, but it isn't anywhere near a full clone.

https://youtu.be/Ar0zgedLyTw

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

BREAKING NEWS! AUSTRALOPITHECUS HAS JUST BEEN DE-EXTINCTED!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Stephen Baxter catching strays...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Thanks for the link, that's an interesting material. However, I had to re-read that sentence three times trying to make sense of clothing items in genetics.

UPDATE: It has been fixed. Thank you : ).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Well, have you tried bending over in skinny jeans?