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24 Feb 2012

Resurrecting past raises questions about future

The news of Russian scientists cultivating a plant using seeds that are 30000 years old is creating new possibilities for recreating extinct flora and fauna. The editorial discusses the limitless possibilities this could lead to as well as the ethical questions this poses, along with the awkward consequences like, "Can our overcrowded planet handle the reappearance of woolly mammoths and antediluvian behemoths made to come alive from frozen tissues?"

http://expressbuzz.com/opinion/editorials/resurrecting-past-raises-questions-about-future/366403.html