A start-up from Texas wants to revive the animal that went extinct 4,000 years ago, and now they have achieved a breakthrough. They expect the first babies in 2028, but some questions remain unanswered.
It will have shaggy brown fur and a tuft of fur on its broad head. It will have powerful curved tusks and a trunk. It will be a mammoth – or at least a cold-resistant elephant with all the important biological characteristics of the woolly mammoth. A start-up from Texas has set out to revive the animal that went extinct 4,000 years ago using genetic engineering – and has now achieved a breakthrough.