The first major frontier of de-extinction has just been crossed.
Colossalannouncedits seismic accomplishment Monday morning, accompanied by a lengthycover articlein Time magazine.
I could not be more proud of the team.
Romulus and Remus, seen above, were born six months ago.© Colossal Biosciences
It was once said, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Its these variants, the company says, that make dire wolves truly distinct from wolves alive today.
Some of these variants, they say, are thought to influence the wolves size and facial shape.
Accordinglyand not to minimize the achievementColossal remains very far from capturing the genetic differences between the two species.
But this feat of resurrection, while certainly impressive, does have its caveats.
One example of this highlighted by the researchers is the wolves white coloring.
Theyve dubbed this approach functional de-extinction.
But the companys accomplishment shouldnt be minimized either.
This is a major barrier that has been broken, and the company isnt done.
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Has the Dire Wolf Truly Been Resurrected?
