Na na NA na na…Before we get to finally see a color-changing, genetically modified killing machine in Jurassic World, let’s break down the science that sets up every film: How do you de-extinct a dino? Can you?

In my latest Because Science, I go through the tedious genetics of bringing a species back from the dead. Dinosaurs may be out of the question, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do it, at least in theory. In fact, in the next few years, a mammoth may re-enter nature.

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