How to Make a Mammoth (and save the world)

Duration: 9:42

Could bringing back Mammoths could actually save the world?? // To create a less divided and more united future go to http://www.groundnews.com/melody to stay fully informed on what’s happening in the world. Subscribe through our link to get 40% off unlimited access on the Vantage Plan and take control of the news you consume. How close are we to actually resurrecting the woolly mammoth? And what implications could this ability have for the future? Four thousand years after their extinction, the woolly mammoth looks primed to make a comeback, in the form of an elephant-mammoth hybrid. Their return could be more than just a technological marvel -- it could help preserve the permafrost and contain a greenhouse gas catastrophe. If de-extinction technologies live up to their promise, the rest of the 21st century is going to look very interesting -- and in some places, look more like the ancient past. This video was developed as a part of Engineering Earth, but warranted its own standalone spinoff video after I developed a particular fascination with this possibility and the recent breakthroughs being made in this field. Narrated by Will Crowley Music, Sound, Story and VFX by Melodysheep (John D. Boswell) Additional VFX by Victor Duarte Supported by: Juan Benet James Upsher Morrison Waud Matthew Brown Tabloid A Angela Kilic-Cave Special Thanks: Oliver Wieting Holly Boswell Big thanks to my $50+ supporters: Robert Leiper Jacek Danik Brian Futterman Serenelove520 Romain Gilliot Frank Buschmann Axel Vei Kimi Ushida DJ Obleezy Alexaundra Robles AChillingSight WJSBUTLER & CO Sebastián Soto David Rovira Mackenzie Moore Naomi Augustine Jeremiah Tims Joan Meier Michael Denny Caleb Levesque Derick Yan Brandon Sanders And my $10+ Patrons: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3llx2kugb4svrpjj2l94x/Patrons.rtf?rlkey=7eemta32fp4y073ruad02z6nz&dl=0