Is the Dire Wolf Truly Back from the Dead? After a start-up claimed to have de-extincted a species, the internet called BS. But the founders insist it’s real—and the woolly mammoth is next.

Is the dire wolf truly back from the dead?
After a start-up claimed to have de-extincted a species, the internet called BS. But the founders insist it’s real—and the woolly mammoth is next. www.thefp.com/p/is-dire-wo...
By Johanna Berkman #tech #DeExtintion #biodiversity

#File #Under #What #Should #Go #Extinct #DougBurgum #All #Muskumputins #Say #No #DeExtintion

Original post on kolektiva.social

Imo the only relevant #species definition for #deextintion is the ecological one. In other contexts this definition is absolutely silly, because it can't distinguish between a #bat and a #bird if they hunt #insects - it defines a species by their ecological #niche.

Under that definition, an […]