I laughed when Steven Spielberg said that cloning extinct animals was inevitable. But I'm not laughing anymore, at least about mammoths. This is going to happen. It's just a matter of working out the details. Hendrik Poinar animalanymoreclon share on social
It turns out that there are swaths of habitat in the north of Siberia and Yukon that actually could house a mammoth. Remember, this was a highly plastic animal that lived over tremendous climate variation. Hendrik Poinar animalclimatehabitat share on social
There's no environment I can think of that would have remained constant enough to preserve dinosaur DNA. Hendrik Poinar constantdinosaurdna Change image and share on social
I'm not sure the Russians would be happy that their iconic wooly mammoth has North American origins. Hendrik Poinar americanhappyiconic Change image and share on social
Teeth actually turn out to be one of a couple of good sources of ancient DNA. The teeth, actually the enamel, is quite good at preserving the DNA, so it is a bit of time capsule so to speak. Hendrik Poinar ancientbitecapsule Change image and share on social
Typically, there's a drive in science to do something just to say you've done it. Hendrik Poinar drivehavescience Change image and share on social
Scientists have always thought that because mammoths roamed such a huge territory - from Western Europe to Central North America - that North American woolly mammoths were a sideshow of no particular significance to the evolution of the species. Hendrik Poinar americaamericancentral share on social
If we brought the mammoth back to Siberia, maybe that would be good for the ecosystems that are changing because of climate change. Hendrik Poinar backbringchange Change image and share on social
When I was a young boy, I used to gaze through the microscope of my father at the insects in amber that he kept in the house. And they were remarkably well preserved, morphologically just phenomenal. Hendrik Poinar amberboyfather Change image and share on social
Every outbreak across the globe today stems from a descendant of the medieval plague. Hendrik Poinar descendantglobemedieval Change image and share on social
