These stem cells could then be used to make a mammoth embryo. Sir Ian thinks this is "unlikely at present" but reckons it "might be possible in the longer term". Image caption, Woolly mammoth ...
Once they have settled on a DNA sequence, Colossal representatives say they will implant a hybrid elephant-mammoth embryo ...
Utilizing CRISPR or genetic scissors, they’ll modify a modern elephant’s genes, create an embryo as close to a Woolly Mammoth ...