Pure Science : Plans to create a new mammoth-elephant hybrid for the Arctic to fight climate change

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September 22, 2021

Pure Science : Plans to create a new mammoth-elephant hybrid for the Arctic to fight climate change

The American company Colossal Biosciences wants to create cold-adapted Asian elephants using woolly mammoth genes, in a “de-extinction” project to reestablish grasslands in the Arctic. ThePrint’s Sandhya Ramesh explains the company’s plans and the expert criticisms that have followed from the scientific community.