At least one biotechnology company is attempting to bring back the woolly mammoth using samples collected from woolly mammoth remains. From the remains of frozen carcasses and teeth, scientists have sequenced woolly mammoth DNA. Some have suggested that advances in genetics and reproductive cloning technologies since the 1990s could allow scientists to resurrect the species (de-extinction). Colossal Biosciences—the biotechnology company that claimed to have resurrected the dire wolf in 2025—is attempting to bring back the woolly mammoth by modifying the genes in the DNA of an Asian elephant. Critics argue that while the animal that results may have some physical characteristics in common with the woolly mammoth (such as a shaggy coat), it would be little more than a slightly modified Asian elephant.
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