Would a visit to Páirc Quaternary be better than Jurassic Park?

De-extinction scientists have turned their attention to species from more 'recent' times — notably the Quaternary Period, which includes creatures such as woolly mammoths and the Tasmanian tiger

Colossal is a genetics and biosciences company that aims to revive extinct species using advanced gene editing technology. Colossal says its landmark de-extinction project will be the resurrection of the woolly mammoth — or more specifically a cold-resistant elephant with all of the core biological traits of the woolly mammoth.

De-extinction sounds like science fiction brought to life: the resurrection of species long lost to the natural world, some for centuries or even millennia. With cutting-edge gene-editing tools like CRISPR [Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats] scientists can now isolate DNA fragments from animals preserved in permafrost or museum specimens, piece together missing sequences, and edit living cells to revive ancient genetic lineages. And while dinosaurs are out of reach, due to their age and the poor preservation of their DNA, scientists have turned their attention to species from more recent times, notably the Quaternary Period, which includes creatures such as woolly mammoths and the Tasmanian tiger.

De-extinction’s first attempt