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If Extinct Species Can Be Brought Back... Should We?

Posted by samzenpus on from the gone-for-a-reason dept.

retroworks writes "Rebecca J. Rosen interviews experts in this edition of The Atlantic, to ask about the ethics and wisdom of using cloning, backbreeding, or genome editing. Over 90% of species ever to exist on earth are no more. The article ponders the moral and environmental challenges of humans reintroducing species which humans made extinct."

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  1. Re:Stone Age Or Neanderthal by jamstar7 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Except the Tea Party varian of Republicans has an aversion to scientific truth. They still claim Jesus rode a T-Rex. Definitely a lesser species.

    Hmm... I wonder... If a cross is enough to turn a vampire, would a copy of Darwin work on a Tea Partyer?

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