Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth

Long ago, the Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) roamed the Earth. They traversed the North from the Great Lakes to Siberia to Spain. This ten foot, six ton beast would have cracked the earth with it’s mighty footsteps- but it just might have a role in saving it. According to George Church, Harvard Medical School, mammoth herds used to help preserve the permafrost by grazing out weaker grasses, thereby helping hardier grasses lock in to maintain the permafrost. We can bring the woolly mammoth back. In a Scientific American piece titled “De-Extinction is a Good Idea,” George Church wrote that “The goal of reanimation research is not to make perfect living copies of extinct organisms, nor is it meant to be a one-off stunt in a laboratory or zoo.” Fund this research, and support ingenuity