The Tasmanian tiger, a marsupial apex predator, went extinct almost a century ago, but scientists are now closer than ever to bringing it back through genome sequencing—much like the fictional revival of dinosaurs in *Jurassic Park*. The Tasmanian tiger’s genome has been reconstructed with 99.9% accuracy, marking a significant breakthrough in the ongoing “de-extinction” project. …

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