Friday, January 17, 2014

Should we promote De-Extinction with any extinct entity?

From Wikipedia 
De-extinction, resurrection biology, or species revivalism is the controversial process of creating an organism, which is a member of or resembles an extinct species, or a breeding population of such organisms. Cloning is the most widely proposed method, although selective breeding has also been proposed. Similar techniques have been applied to endangered species.
There is significant controversy over de-extinction, and critics assert that efforts would be better spent conserving existing species, and that the habitat necessary for formerly extinct species to survive is too limited to warrant de-extinction.
De-extinction has been the subject of films and novels, such as Jurassic Park and Carnosaur.

Please check out the National Geographic De-Extinction Site  as well as view the following video. 


What are your thoughts?