WORK INTRODUCTION Theoretically, mammoths could be cloned by recovering, reconstructing or

Scientists are now very closer than ever to having the bringing back the Woolly Mammoth. The plan is for scientists to first try to create a hybrid between an Asian elephant and a woolly mammoth. The plan is to do this by genome sequencing. Many scientists are involved in this and animals, the food chain and ecosystem will be affected by this. However, scientists are expecting this to happen in a couple of years and maybe even more time. The scientists want to do this because Mammoths could help modern day animals live in cooler locations in which they are at much lower risk of conflict with humans. This is occurring in North Siberia. Scientists are expecting positive results and are hoping for positive results. Therefore, scientists are close to bringing back Woolly Mammoths.

Paul S. Martin, Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America, University of California Press, 2005, Prologue and Chapter 2

Imagine a world with a flourish environment, with animals you would never dream to see. Imagine a world where we could bring back extinct animals. Some people believe that bringing back animals is unethical. But these animals can do so much for us. We should bring back extinct animals because it can help the ecosystem and some of the animals extinction was our fault.

It’s quite obvious that we’re going to need to bring back extinct animals. This can be

Everything in life happens for a reason, and this includes the extinction of species with and without human involvement. To reverse the process of de-extinction as some people put it “amounts to playing God” (96). Although the science behind bringing a species back is admittedly amazing, there are other ways the time and money could be spent. Spending money on animals that are on the brink of extinction, and developing techniques for successfully growing their population, are much more viable options. Frankly, de-extinction, although very remarkable, is not something that should be heavily pursued. Apart from observing a woolly mammoth lounge around behind a thick pane of glass, there is very little reason to use de-extinction to revive one. Our efforts should be turned to the millions of species that currently inhabit the earth, known and

Why did scientists keep animal cloning a secret for so long? Did the scientists know that animal cloning would cause controversies? Do the bans on animal cloning actually prevent scientists from advancing cloning technology? Did scientists think that their discovery would help or even hurt the food industry? Animal cloning could help the food industry as long as its negatives do not outweigh the positives.

Today, our society is changing so fast that we barely even notice it’s happening. Soon enough, our society will be able to do what the scientists in Jurassic Park did, and create copies of our “once exist” giants. But while science and technology evolves, we should be the ones to bring up the question not “if we can,’ but rather, “should we?” Dinosaurs are ravenous and dangerous creatures that could tear us apart into pieces, but if properly contained, could be a magnificent sight for many to view. Nature removed the dinosaurs from our planet by selection, but we can use our superior intelligence to play god through biological manipulation. In an article by Thomas Sumner and Bjorn Carey, they discuss the ethics of reviving dead species such as the ones in Jurassic Park, and denote that the technology is in our near future. “Twenty years after the release of Jurassic Park, the dream of bringing back the dinosaurs remains science fiction. But scientists predict that within 15 years they will be able to revive some more recently extinct species, such as the dodo or the passenger pigeon, raising the question of whether or not they should – just because they can” (Sumner and Carey).

De-extinction should be pursued because of its environmental benefits and its ability to solve some of our global issues. For example, according to Stewart Brand in his article “The Case for Reviving Extinct Species”, “ The mammoths returning to the north would bring back carbon-fixing grass and reduce greenhouse-gas-releasing tundra.” (National Geographic

Imagine it’s 30 years in the future, you and your little grandchildren are going to the zoo to see the new and improved Wooly Mammoth. Except it’s not improved, it’s not even a purebred Wooly Mammoth, and its stuck in a cage. Scientist are trying to decide if they should resurrect the Wooly Mammoth, by breeding its embryo with an Asian Elephant. The Wooly Mammoth shouldn't be resurrected because, there is no habitat for them, costs, and is it even logically possible.

If this process is successful, scientists might be able to clone other living organisms that lived thousands of years ago, such as plants or bacteria, which could help cure diseases like cancer or AIDS today. The mammoth part was particularly interesting, because as long as the nucleus is still intact, scientist might still be able to clone it even though most of the cells were frozen in the tundra long ago. If this process does work, then scientists might be able to clone nuclei from species that lived in the desert, or possibly deep in the ocean and bring them back as well. The article also brought up an important problem with today’s environment and how the cloned species wouldn’t be able to survive. This does bring up a valid point, since the environment that many of these animals lived in thousands of years ago were vastly different then they are today. Furthermore, even if scientists were able to successfully clone a species that was able to survive in today’s environment, the addition of this new species could change the environment’s ecosystem or might cause other animals in said ecosystem to become either endangered or

In the article “Fresh Mammoth Carcass from Siberia Holds Many Secrets,” (article here) a scientific find is discussed that may change the history of cloning. In May 2013, a few scientists discovered an almost perfectly preserved carcass of a woolly mammoth, who they nicknamed Buttercup. What was even more amazing, is that during excavation the carcass oozed dark red liquid which proved to be actual woolly mammoth blood. Blood is excellent for a cloning experiment as it may contain some DNA. Sadly, this cannot be said because there wasn’t enough DNA to create a mammoth genome. Still, there are other ways of dealing with this as scientists can put together a genome from the various remnants of the mammoth or even transpose DNA from several

Summary and Critique of Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America

Luckily the Sooam labs have not been successful yet. There is obviously a reason as to why the Woolly Mammoths have not survived to this point and it should be asked whether they could survive in today’s world. In fact, when asked what the lab would do after they successfully cloned the Elephant’s cousin; they had no answer and said they would figure it out after the mammoth was born. The Woolly Mammoth can sound like a justifiable situation, so Vice News reporter, Ben Makuch, asked scientist at Sooam labs, Hayun Duk, if human cloning will come in play. Duk replied in a politically correct answer, “Legally, we cannot clone whole human beings but we do clone human organs for transplants.

Technology is the sole reason cloning is even possible, but it is not enough to save endangered species on its own. Due to technology, extinct species may even possible be brought back into existence. A closely related species, currently living, that could serve as a surrogate mother and a well-preserved source of DNA from the extinct

A better knowledge of these impacts can be obtained by discussing the good and bad of animal cloning. One application of the cloning technique is by cloning genetically modified animals, so that their cells and organs can be transplanted into humans. Thousands of patients die as a result of the unavailability of human organs for transplantations and this cloning technique could potentially be a solution within the medical