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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I wouldn't call it de-extinction unless they made something that is 100% identical genetically to the thing they are bringing back.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

de-extinction ≈ decompilation, apparently

[–] javiwhite@feddit.uk 0 points 2 months ago

Does that make extinction a form of obfuscation?

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago

or like, actually looks like what we think they looked, rather than what was depicted in a fictional story

[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And they don't have 100% of the dire wolf DNA sequenced, nor do they have DNA of the dire wolf's extinct ancestor between it and Canis lupus. It's a grey wolf with genes from a dire wolf added in.

[–] lemmur@szmer.info 0 points 2 months ago

Aaand they do not have mtDNA.