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Projections are that we could lose polar bears, they could become
extinct
in the next 50 to 100 years.
And, of course, they're basically
extinct
now.
Well, it's not so surprising that they've gone
extinct.
But in fact that's not why they went
extinct.
So the non-avian dinosaurs are the big clunky ones that went
extinct.
One of them always drives the other
extinct.
And they could be
extinct
in less than 10 years if we don't do something now to protect them.
So if we each do our part, together, we can make a difference, and we can help keep penguins from going
extinct.
What I want to talk to you about is what we can learn from studying the genomes of living people and
extinct
humans.
So from studying these genomes of
extinct
humans, we're beginning to arrive at a picture of what the world looked like when modern humans started coming out of Africa.
Does this then mean that there is after all some absolute difference between people outside Africa and inside Africa in that people outside Africa have this old component in their genome from these
extinct
forms of humans, whereas Africans do not?
So to sum up, what have we learned from studying genomes of present day humans and
extinct
humans?
And in fact, there's concern that the species could go
extinct
in the wild within 20 to 30 years.
Let's prevent the Tasmanian devil from being the first animal to go
extinct
from cancer.
So I'll just give you my message up front: Try not to go
extinct.
Which of course means that Stygimoloch and Dracorex are
extinct.
So Torosaurus is
extinct.
That's a good number to go extinct, I think.
Because, obviously, an animal that is very abundant, before it gets extinct, it becomes rare.
They are far from being
extinct.
In South Asia, in countries like India and Pakistan, four species of vultures are listed as critically endangered, which means they have less than 10 or 15 years to go extinct, and the reason is because they are falling prey by consuming livestock that has been treated with a painkilling drug like Diclofenac.
When I go to places like this, which are paleontological sites, it's like going to a game park, an
extinct
game park.
Anyway, once we made it there, then it's a game park, as I said, an
extinct
game park.
It went
extinct
in 2000.
So in his book, "Regenesis," which I recommend, he has a chapter on the science of bringing back
extinct
species, and he has a machine called the Multiplex Automated Genome Engineering machine.
So this is a form of synthetic hybridization of the genome of an
extinct
species with the genome of its closest living relative.
If you replace those bits with passenger pigeon bits, you've got the
extinct
bird back, cooing at you.
There's three of them who are not just re-creating ancient species, they're recreating
extinct
ecosystems in northern Siberia, in the Netherlands, and in Hawaii.
They're excited about all this, but they're also concerned that it might be competitive with the extremely important efforts to protect endangered species that are still alive, that haven't gone
extinct
yet.
And they see reviving
extinct
species as the kind of good news you might be able to build on.
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