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woolly mammoth
noun
: a heavy-coated mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) formerly inhabiting the colder parts of the northern hemisphere
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Colossal has made headlines pursuing the de-extinction of the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, and the dodo.
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Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
The school’s uncertain athletic future is the woolly mammoth in the room, a massive complicating factor that assuredly will scare off many otherwise qualified candidates.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
Leave a comment View Comments The research team at Colossal has already analyzed the genomes of 53 woolly mammoths from ancient DNA recovered from fossils.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
Back to the future An ambitious plan to genetically engineer a woolly mammoth — a giant that hasn’t roamed Earth in 4,000 years — has taken another step toward reality.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
Their ‘model species’ is the woolly mammoth for a number of reasons.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2023
The species is the closest living relative to the woolly mammoth.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
The woolly mammoth was a big, shaggy species of elephant that roamed the tundra before going extinct thousands of years ago.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 6 Mar. 2024
The female whose tusk was discovered was related to a herd of other woolly mammoths who died in the same area, proving that the Swan Point site was high-density woolly mammoth habitat.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 18 Jan. 2024
Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
The school’s uncertain athletic future is the woolly mammoth in the room, a massive complicating factor that assuredly will scare off many otherwise qualified candidates.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
Leave a comment View Comments The research team at Colossal has already analyzed the genomes of 53 woolly mammoths from ancient DNA recovered from fossils.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
Back to the future An ambitious plan to genetically engineer a woolly mammoth — a giant that hasn’t roamed Earth in 4,000 years — has taken another step toward reality.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
Their ‘model species’ is the woolly mammoth for a number of reasons.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2023
The species is the closest living relative to the woolly mammoth.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
The woolly mammoth was a big, shaggy species of elephant that roamed the tundra before going extinct thousands of years ago.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 6 Mar. 2024
The female whose tusk was discovered was related to a herd of other woolly mammoths who died in the same area, proving that the Swan Point site was high-density woolly mammoth habitat.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 18 Jan. 2024
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