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99: A Mammoth Episode

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4.9632 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Okay, hear us out... Jurassic Park, but with mammoths.

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References & Further Reading

DNA
  1. https://www.britannica.com/science/DNA
  2. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2012.1745
  3. nature.com/news/dna-has-a-521-year-half-life-1.11555
  4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031964/
The Mammoth Study
  1. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03224-9
  2. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/mammoth-molars-yield-oldest-dna-ever-sequenced?utm_campaign=NewsfromScience&utm_source=Contractor&utm_medium=Twitter
Some More on Mammoths
  1. https://www.britannica.com/animal/mammoth-extinct-mammal
  2. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/06/700000-year-old-horse-becomes-oldest-creature-sequenced-genome
  3. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/6/eaaw5873
  4. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/oldest-dna-africa-offers-clues-mysterious-ancient-culture
  5. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/last-lonely-woolly-mammoths-faced-genomic-meltdown
  6. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/last-mammoths.html
  7. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/woolly-mammoth-evolution#:~:text=Modern%20elephants%20and%20woolly%20mammoths,years%20ago%2C%20the%20study%20reports.&text=Then%20just%20440%2C000%20years%20later,into%20their%20own%20separate%20species.
Mammoth Revival
  1. https://www.dw.com/en/japanese-scientists-make-breakthrough-in-cloning-a-woolly-mammoth/a-48063060
  2. https://www.livescience.com/64998-mammoth-cells-inserted-in-mouse-eggs.html
  3. https://www.livescience.com/23861-fossil-dna-half-life.html
  4. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/woolly-mammoths-extinction-cloning-genetics
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Transcript

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0:00.0

What are we starting with this week?

0:02.0

A YouTube comment.

0:03.0

We did YouTube comment last week.

0:05.0

No, we did.

0:06.0

We did Patreon last week.

0:07.0

Damn it.

0:08.0

I said before we started recording that we're doing a YouTube comment.

0:10.0

Oh, really?

0:11.0

I was paying attention to that.

0:14.0

Thank you, Cory.

0:15.0

So, whoopsies.

0:17.0

Oh, I can't find the YouTube comment.

0:19.0

And I was like, that's in my brain now. Hell yeah.

0:21.6

So, we are starting with the YouTube comment.

0:24.6

The YouTube comment of the month.

0:26.6

And it's quite a good one.

0:28.6

Quite a long one to strap in.

0:29.6

It's quite a prestigious title.

0:31.6

YouTube comment of the month.

0:32.6

Yeah, of the month, right?

0:33.6

Damn. But this is from Katrina and it says, I mean, space is a bit gay.

0:41.5

Yeah!

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