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Category: Science & Technology

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Description: Jurassic Park may have first put the idea of bringing dinosaurs back from the dead into people's heads, but the question of whether we can bring back more recently extinct species is still very much alive and kicking for scientists. In the latest episode of WIRED's What If series, we look at the three techniques scientists are using today to potentially bring extinct animals back to life - breeding, cloning, and the use of CRISPR-cas9. This video was produced as part of Digital Society, a publishing partnership between WIRED and Vontobel where all content is editorially independent. Visit Vontobel Impact for more stories on how technology is shaping the future of society: vontobel.com/en-int/impact #WIRED #Deextinction #ExtinctAnimals With thanks: Melanie Challenger, Author and Bioethicist, How to Be Animal: A new history of what it means to be human Rich Grenyer, Associate Professor in Biodiversity and Biogeography, Official Fellow and Tutor at Jesus College, Oxford Helen Pilcher, Science writer and author of 'Bring Back the King: The New Science of De-extinction' Dr Britt Wray, Author and Fellow in Human and Planetary Health at Stanford University and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine The Big Sky: thebigsky.co.uk Subscribe to WIRED ►► po.st/SubscribeWired CONNECT WITH WIRED Web: po.st/VideoWired Twitter: po.st/TwitterWired Facebook: po.st/FacebookWired Google+: po.st/GoogleWired Instagram: po.st/InstagramWired Magazine: po.st/MagazineWired Newsletter: po.st/NewslettersWired ABOUT WIRED WIRED brings you the future as it happens - the people, the trends, the big ideas that will change our lives. An award-winning printed monthly and online publication. WIRED is an agenda-setting magazine offering brain food on a wide range of topics, from science, technology and business to pop-culture and politics. youtube.com/wireduk What if... we could bring extinct animals back to life? | What If