Wouldn’t it rock to bring back the woolly mammoth, the passenger pigeon, or the dodo? It’s blockbuster movie material and has proven to be highly fundable.
But there are problems. The main one is the technology can’t do quite what it promises. I have been working in the ethics of biotechnology for a decade and de-extinction has always been puzzling to me.
I finally got the chance to explain why in an article published today in Yale E360. Enjoy!
https://e360.yale.edu/features/de-extinction
Christopher J. Preston 