What do sabertoothed tigers, woolly mammoths and the dodo all have in common?

They're all extinct, and some theorize humans played a large part in this. What if we could bring them back? What if we could apologize for our wrongdoings as a species and welcome these creatures onto our planet again? Is it scientifically possible?

One day, this might not be a hypothetical, as science is getting closer to bringing extinct animals back. Known as deextinction, it’s the process of bringing extinct animals back from the dead. What used to be science fiction is slowly becoming a reality.

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