De-extinction (Biotechnology and Society)
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Required Reading/Viewing
- Stewart Brand TED Talk (Feb 2013) "The dawn of de-extinction. Are you ready?" (20 min)
- Michael Archer TED Talk (March 2013) "How we'll resurrect the gastric brooding frog, the Tasmanian tiger" (20 min)
- Carl Zimmer. (April 2013) "Bringing Them Back to Life" National Geographic Magazine. Article Link
Also read "Your de-extinction questions answered" (required).
There are a host of (optional) related articles and videos linked from the National Geographic De-extinction page. - The Long Now Foundation: Revive & Restore
See especially the links under "Candidates".
Additional Resources
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Describes efforts to sequence the Neanderthal genome.