Controversies Will the Woolly Mammoth be Resurrected by 2028? Will the Woolly Mammoth be Resurrected by 2028?
Claims Last Updated 3 weeks ago Beth Shapiro "It feels to me that a mammoth is a long way in the future." Sep 14, 2021 Jeremy Austin "Mammoth de-extinction is more about media attention for the scientists and less about doing serious science." Oct 04, 2024 Joseph Frederickson "Is this [the restoration of woolly mammoths] going to happen anytime soon? The answer is absolutely not." Sep 14, 2021 Eriona Hysolli "That timeline [2028 for the birth of the first mammoth calves] hasn't changed." Apr 19, 2024 Ben Mezrich "The stuff in "Jurassic Park" is now possible." May 13, 2022 George Church "Our goal is to make a cold-resistant elephant, but it is going to look and behave like a mammoth." Sep 15, 2021 Ben Lamm "We are 100 percent confident [we can bring back] the Tasmanian tiger, the dodo, and the mammoth." Apr 08, 2024 Mary Beth Griggs "[N]o one is actually going to bring mammoths back." Feb 17, 2017 George Church "I think the first engineered elephant will be the major milestone and that may be consistent with Ben's (Lamm) prediction of six years from 2021." Mar 09, 2024 Ben Lamm "We have set a date of late 2028 for our first mammoth and we are on track." Oct 01, 2024 Brian Klaas "In 2028, if all goes according to plan, a six-foot-five narcoleptic scientist with a bushy white beard will resurrect the first living woolly mammoth in 4,000 years." Oct 07, 2024 Jack Tseng "I think it's [bringing back woolly mammoth] definitely within the technology." Sep 17, 2021 Jack Tseng "Scientifically, they're not bringing back the woolly mammoth, it's actually like creating a genetically modified elephant." Sep 17, 2021 Ben Lamm "It's a realistic goal [bringing back wolly mammoth by 2028] based on where we are today." Mar 16, 2023 Ben Lamm "We have set a date of late 2028 for our first [woolly] mammoth." Oct 04, 2024
Sign up to our daily newsletter