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woolly mammoth
noun
: a heavy-coated mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) formerly inhabiting the colder parts of the northern hemisphere
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The company, which is also working to bring back the woolly mammoth, used DNA from a 13,000-year-old tooth and a 72,000-year-old skull combined with genetic information from the modern-day gray wolf to make the dire wolf puppies.
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
This success brings us a step closer to our goal of bringing back the woolly mammoth.
—New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
Like woolly mammoths, these mice have curlier hair — which is the same color of the mammoth mummies found in the permafrost — as well as a gene that should impact the way their bodies metabolize fat.
—Susan Young, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
In an example of recent gene editing, scientists put woolly mammoth DNA into mice.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
This success brings us a step closer to our goal of bringing back the woolly mammoth.
—New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
Like woolly mammoths, these mice have curlier hair — which is the same color of the mammoth mummies found in the permafrost — as well as a gene that should impact the way their bodies metabolize fat.
—Susan Young, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
In an example of recent gene editing, scientists put woolly mammoth DNA into mice.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Woolly mammoth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woolly%20mammoth. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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