Can We Revive Extinct Species Like the Dodo?
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Dodos are dead, but are they gone forever? \\n \\nReviving extinct species is a trope of science fiction, but real-life scientists are working on every stage of the problem today. Meeting scientists focused on uncovering ancient animal genomes, or reviving individual cells to conserve species still around, Marnie Chesterton seeks out whether new technologies might, just possibly, bring back the iconic dodo. \\n \\nBut what would it take to bring back that most iconic of extinct species? Following listener Rachel\\u2019s question, CrowdScience gets to grips with the dodo\\u2019s past, and finds out what\\u2019s left of this iconic bird, meeting the scientists inadvertently piecing it back together.
Presenter: Marnie Chesterton\\nProducer: Rory Galloway
Picture: An accurate reconstruction of nesting Dodos \\nPhoto Credit: Dr Julian Hume
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