Woolly

The True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History's Most Iconic Extinct Creatures

Book • 2017

This book chronicles the quest to revive the woolly mammoth, led by geneticist George Church and his team at Harvard.

It explores the challenges and ethical considerations of cloning extinct species, set against the backdrop of environmental concerns and the potential creation of a 'Pleistocene Park' in Siberia.

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as a book he wrote about George Church's work on creating a woolly mammoth and extending human lifespan.

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