Bringing back the woolly mammoth

Bringing back the woolly mammoth - maybe

August 15, 2006 Bringing back the woolly mammoth - maybe (AP)

The skelton of a mammoth stands near the entrance of the Pratt Museum of Natural History in Amherst, Mass., in this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2001 file photo. Japanese researchers are looking at the possibility of using sperm from frozen animals to inseminate living relatives, perhaps bringing back extinct creatures. (AP Photo/Nancy Palmieri)

(AP) -- Descendants of extinct mammals like the giant woolly mammoth might one day walk the Earth again. It isn't exactly Jurassic Park, but Japanese researchers are looking at the possibility of using sperm from frozen animals to inseminate living relatives.

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