Should scientists revive extinct species?
The wooly mammoth display at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, BC. Geneticist Hendrik Poinar will give a talk called "Not all mammoths were wooly" at an upcoming TEDx conference in Washington, DC.
McMaster geneticist Hendrik Poinar will join a TEDx conference on “de-extinction” in Washington, DC Friday, March 15.
Poinar, principal investigator at the University’s Ancient DNA Centre, will give a talk called “Not All Mammoths Were Wooly”.
The molecular evolutionary geneticist has made headlines in recent years for his role in sequencing the genome of the wooly mammoth and the Black Death.
The event, at the headquarters of National Geographic, is billed as the first-ever public exploration of the subject of reviving extinct species.
The daylong event will be webcast (below), and the schedule of speakers can be found here.
