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Woolly mammoth to be resurrected with the help of AI: scientists

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Galvin, S. (2026, September 26). Woolly mammoth to be resurrected with the help of AI: scientists. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/26/science/ai-enlisted-as-woolly-mammoth-revival-timeline-slips-to-2030s/

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Colossal Biosciences, based in Dallas, aims to bring back the woolly mammoth using gene-editing technology and DNA from a frozen mammoth found in Siberia in 2018. Initially, the company predicted they would have baby woolly mammoths in their labs by 2028, but they now estimate the timeline will be pushed to the early 2030s due to the complexity of gene editing required. The project's chief scientist, Ben Lamm, told TIME that de-extincting the woolly mammoth involves editing over 150 genes compared to around 60 for their dire wolf project, which was completed in 2025. Colossal Biosciences is relying on artificial intelligence to overcome these genetic challenges and revive this extinct species.

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Narrative

Scientists working to de-extinct the woolly mammoth report that the project is taking longer than expected and are relying on AI to solve the 4,000-year-old problem. Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences is attempting to revive the hairy elephant ancestor through gene-editing technology and DNA harvested from remains of a frozen mammoth found in Siberia in 2018. In 2024, the company forecast that they would be nursing baby woollies in their labs in just four years — but have now announced that the timeline on reconstituting the beloved beasts is being pushed back. “We are thinking it will be in the early 2030s,” Colossal CEO Ben Lamm told TIME.

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🔮 Scientists working to de-extinct the woolly mammoth report that the project is taking longer than expected and are relying on AI to solve the 4,000-year-old problem. Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences is attempting to revive the hairy elephant ancestor through gene-editing technology and DNA harvested from remains of a frozen mammoth found in Siberia in 2018. In 2024, the company forecast that they would be nursing baby woollies in their labs in just four years — but have now announced that the timeline on reconstituting the beloved beasts is being pushed back. “We are thinking it will be in the early 2030s,” Colossal CEO Ben Lamm told TIME.

2026-09-26 · New York Post

Woolly mammoth to be resurrected with the help of AI: scientists · assertive framing

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This comeback is turning into a mammoth task for artificial intelligence. asserted

comeback → turn → intelligence

Lamm → work → TIME

“We don’t have a hard date. asserted

We → have → date

Not 2036, but not 2030 either,” he told the outlet. asserted

he → tell → outlet

The company found that the work to edit the genes was more difficult than their similar work on the dire wolf, which they de-extincted in 2025. asserted

they → find → 2025

Initially, the company believed that they could edit only about 60 genes of an elephant nucleus to turn it into a mammoth nucleus that would then go on to become a mammoth embryo, the outlet reported. uncertain

outlet → believe → nucleus

Now they believe it will take editing more than 150 genes. asserted

it → believe → genes

The ongoing research has derived information about the genetic code for elephants and mammoths, including discovering the genes which would control the size of the mammoth’s ears, the outlet reported. asserted

outlet → derive → ears

Colossal Biosciences has been successful in producing a family of 38 woolly mice which were created using the mammoth genetic coding for shaggy hair. asserted

which → produce → hair

The company is using AI and CRISPR gene-editing technology in all of their projects which include the flightless dodo bird, the Tasmanian tiger, and emu-like moa. asserted

which → use → bird

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