OPINION (Express) – Jurassic Park got a little bit closer to reality today with news that scientists are ‘confident’ of cloning a 42,000-year-old extinct species. The ginger-colored foal died when it was just one or two weeks old, sometime during the late Stone Age, around 42,170 years ago. But its body has been perfectly preserved in near perfect condition in Siberian permafrost, and scientists are optimistic
that they will obtain enough genetic material to clone the animal and bring its extinct species back to life. The joint Russian-South Korean research team is led by South Korean cloning expert Professor Hwang Woo-suk, who is also closely involved in efforts to revive the woolly mammoth using cells taken from features preserved in the Siberian ice. The foal is an example of the cold-resistant Lenskaya breed which died out some 4,000 years ago. READ MORE
