My apologies if I confused you with someone else… 
Nice sentiments so why are you not well armed now and protecting our elephants for free that are being slaughtered daily for their ivory !!
Global warming brought on by man using carbon based materials for fire, it’s their fault 
Bring back the mammoth!
Nah let sleeping DNA lie 
Ouch!
Purely an illusion born of arrogance. The animal that does not die, which is not subject to aging and decrepitude, is the one that stands upon the apex and that my friend is not you.
Let’s be clear, mankind is incapable of creating life. So no, mankind did not create dogs. All mankind did is exercise artificial selection and cross breeding to generate lots of variants. Nature is the architect of life and as such remains the “God” in this world. Even a man and woman can not create life. The best they can muster is to fumble under the sheets for a while and create the environment which best serves the purposes of Nature, a working place if you will for Nature to do its thing. Man and woman can no more create a life (or indeed anything else) than a hamster can create a nuclear submarine.
Sadly no. The moment mankind begins this process mankind as a whole will suffer greatly. It needs to be thought through but even the most basic superficial thinking process will tell you where this will end up. Let me explain.
The circumstances of this world are that resoucres are not freely abundant and as a result over 1000s of years, certain pockets of mankind have through force of arms and violence seized control of resources and become the most powerful, wealthy and influential people on Earth.
It has become the case now that everything that can be exploited for money and power IS exploited and if it can not be immediately exploited then the actions are taken and changes implemented to ensure that it can be exploited. Energy resources, taxes, basic utilities, your water, heating, sanitation and in these latter years even your health has now become an exploitable commodity which evil corporations now prey on to make huge profits, making you ill at any and every opportunity, ensuring there is demand for their treatments, pills and drugs.
Against this back drop it becomes clear where advanced technology takes us and how evil corporations are going to use it. We already stand on the threshold where the evil monster Monsanto is close to having perfected their genetically engineered, self seeding food crops which are patented and their’s to grow alone. All that requires for them to seize supreme power in the food chain is to find a way to remove all of the competition. That done they become the world’s food supplier, unchallenged and everyone else loses their freedoms and choices in food.
How might that be achieved?
Pretty easy. You simply engineer the circumstances whereby we can conduct genocide on specific insects. Kill the bees, kill the wasps and other pollenating creatures and very quickly the world’s crops fail and everyone comes to Monsanto for their crops and grains and for permission to use their seeds.
If insect genocide (insectocide?!) isnot palatable to the masses then engineer the circumstances whereby it appears to happen naturally. Grab the DNA of some extinct animal or insect that would prey on bees and wasps and revive that species, set it loose and voila.
Those in the know already know how bee/wasp populations have been damaged and attacked over past years. Almost like a trial run for some larger insect armageddon.
The fact remains. Nature rules the roost here and any ideas that man has that he is in control are utterly deluded. Messing about with Nature and her processes is somewhat foolish.
Rather what we should be doing, is understanding what she does, even if we can’t understand how she does it, and working with her to help those processes run. In population terms we do that by fumbling under the sheets, providing the environment for Nature to work. Even so, mankind could easily naff all that up by doing something stupid that makes everyone sterile. The answers to life and our existance and all our ailments and troubles, including what we perceive as “death”, are all to be found in Nature.
Nature maintains a balance. If we tip the scales, we could quite easily temporarily destroy everything.
Bit late for that we have already tipped the scales bringing back a mammoth or two won’t make much difference .
It won’t be a mammoth or two. It’s merely the setting of a precedent. Just as providing the conditions for Nature to create Dolly the sheep set a precedent.
Let’s be clear, mankind is incapable of creating life. So no, mankind did not create dogs. All mankind did is exercise artificial selection and cross breedin
What? How did you get here?
In a space ship ? 
If you’re going to comment on a post you could at least read it !
"Even a man and woman can not create life. The best they can muster is to fumble under the sheets for a while and create the environment which best serves the purposes of Nature, a working place if you will for Nature to do its thing. "
How did I get here? Nature created me.
Ahh, yes, you edited that bit after I responded
Exactly, solo. The species that are threatened at this point in time is clearly horrendous. A return of the Woolly Mammoth , would cause an even greater imbalance and possibly the end of other species.
It’s a crazy idea from scientists who want to be on their next mission, to tamper with nature on a mammoth scale.
Maybe wolves being introduced again to the UK is a better option ? (not that I agree with it)
I read this today which puts some light on the balance of nature .
" For pastoralists like the #Samburu, more grass means more food for their cattle—one reason indigenous communities have begun relating to elephants, animals long feared, in a new way. The loss of elephants has a ripple effect on other animals and the people co existing with them. Elephants are the ecosystem’s “engineers” who feed on low brush and bulldoze small trees, promoting growth of grasses, which in turn attract bulk grazers like buffalo, endangered Grevy’s zebras, eland, and oryx, themselves prey for carnivores: lions, cheetahs, wild dogs, leopards."
Then why is it present in the quotation in your own post ?!!!
Doh !
You are right…doh!
Well, it’s starting to get quite silly. So, I’ll bow out and let the nay-sayer’s, have the thread. They’re just looking for an argument anyway.
Last comments: I never said anything about man creating LIFE. I said that man created breeds of animals and certain agricultural foods. HUGE DIFFERENCE
The de-extinction of Wooly mammoths IS GOING TO HAPPEN, whether a few people like it or not. Personally, I’m thrilled.
A interesting topic Bakerman .
Following on from this original post, it seems that this is really happening. Not only reinstating Mammoth-type genetically modified species but also bringing back the Dodo on genetically modified form of existing creatures. The creators would need to ensure there are whole tribes of these animals in order to create biodiversity. They would need to create 50-100 and give them 1000 sq km to roam in. This start up has already aised £225m in funding. Apparently reintroducing them to the Arctic / Antarctic would stop greenhouse gases escaping as they compact the snow where they trample…
Man already does this. Species are being eradicated from the playing field everyday.
Nice one AnnieS
De-extincting members 
