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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🧬🤔 An archaeologist unpacks the #science and #ethics of #cloning extinct #humans like #Neanderthals.
The piece explains why Colossal Biosciences’ widely reported #direwolf de-extinction was actually a genetically tweaked gray #wolf, not a true clone. It walks through how real cloning works, why intact ancient #DNA simply doesn’t exist for Neanderthals, and whether we should even try.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/clone-neanderthals/
#deextinction #genetics #science #paleontology #archaeology #evolution #homosapiens #colossalbiosciences #direwolf