Can, and should, we bring species back from extinction? Advances in biotechnology may enable us to revive the passenger pigeon, the great auk, and even the wooly mammoth — and help restore biodiversity and genetic diversity in the process. But critics say that de-extinction efforts distract from important conservation priorities like combating habitat destruction and saving existing species. We discuss the issue.
Science Could Soon Bring Species Back to Life
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Guests:
Stuart L. Pimm, Doris Duke professor of conservation ecology at Duke University
Ryan Phelan, executive director and co-founder of Revive and Restore, a project within The Long Now Foundation
Hank Greely, law professor and director of the Center for Law and the Biosciences at Stanford University
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