This drawing shows a prehistoric woolly mammoth linked to a strand of DNA and emerging from a block of ice.
By Azadeh Ansari
(CNN) -- A team of scientists at Penn State University could be one step closer to bringing extinct species back to life. Using next-generation instruments and groundbreaking DNA-reading techniques, scientists have uncovered much of the genetic code of the woolly mammoth, a prehistoric species of elephant.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008