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  • Scientist Who Cloned Dolly Points to Possible Ways to Clone Mammoth

    After Russian scientists announced the unearthing of an adult female mammoth preserved so well that her muscle tissue still clung to her carcass, talk of cloning her was quick to follow. However, while he doubts that the massive and ancient creature could ever be cloned the same way his team went about cloning the famous sheep Dolly, Ian Wilmut, an emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh, argues that other possibilities may remain.