The Mission to Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth

Subscribe to Motherboard Radio today! Right now, in the 21st century, South Korean scientists are actually working to resurrect the prehistoric woolly mammoth using cloning technology and the flesh of perfectly preserved specimen once buried in Northern Siberia. The hope is that if they can find an active cell from the meaty leg of a 40,000 year old frozen mammoth, it could hold the keys to bringing back the extinct species. At the same time, shady tusk hunting Siberians looking fo