X-Message-Number: 9984
From:  (Randy Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
Subject: Scientists hope to revive mammoths
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 20:56:43 GMT
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From the Reuter's news wire ....

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists are mounting an expedition to Siberia
seek out frozen mammoth sperm and bring the extinct species back to
life, the Sunday Times reported. 

The newspaper said the plan was to use the frozen sperm to fertilize
elephants' eggs and breed hybrids. 

"Cross-breeding with successive generations would allow the hybrids
gradually to become pure genetic copies of their mammoth ancestors,"
the report said. 

The Sunday Times said British, Russian and Japanese researchers were
involved in the project, which will hunt for frozen mammoths in the
permafrost of eastern Siberia. 

Mammoths -- large hairy elephant-like creatures -- died out some
30,000 years ago but their remains have been found in several places
in Siberia. 
The newspaper said the plan was to use the frozen sperm to fertilize
elephants' eggs and breed hybrids. 

"Cross-breeding with successive generations would allow the hybrids
gradually to become pure genetic copies of their mammoth ancestors,"
the report said. 

The Sunday Times said British, Russian and Japanese researchers were
involved in the project, which will hunt for frozen mammoths in the
permafrost of eastern Siberia. 

Mammoths -- large hairy elephant-like creatures -- died out some
30,000 years ago but their remains have been found in several places
in Siberia. 

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