This week in Break It Down, we talk de-extincting the mammoth, the world’s oldest fossil forest, elephant burials, hypervaccination (and by hyper, we mean 217 COVID vaccinations in 29 months), a small Pacific nation that spans all four hemispheres, and a contentious question on geologists’ lips: are we in the Anthropocene?

Sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down…

Links:

From elephants to mammoths: https://www.iflscience.com/we-just-got-one-step-closer-to-seeing-a-live-mammoth-by-2028-73258

De-extincting a dinosaur: https://youtu.be/jpcvqFMZFmA?si=wcMj-waAHqEGXpmF

Fossil forest: https://www.iflscience.com/at-390-million-years-old-england-just-usurped-the-us-for-oldest-forest-on-earth-73247

Anthropocene: https://www.iflscience.com/geologists-conclude-we-are-not-living-in-the-anthropocene-for-now-73251

Elephant burials: https://www.iflscience.com/asian-elephants-bury-and-mourn-for-their-dead-calves-73219

Hypervaccination: https://www.iflscience.com/man-takes-217-covid-19-vaccines-in-29-months-for-private-reasons-is-fine-73253

All four hemispheres: https://www.iflscience.com/people-are-only-just-learning-that-earth-has-four-hemispheres-73288

Lost continents: https://youtu.be/hElndPVxGfA?si=jsm5gC5DzfpLuge9

Toki Pona: https://youtu.be/3dGZ2I4aVuY?si=bXx0rRQ--S7-n86U

Living fossils: https://www.iflscience.com/what-is-a-living-fossil-first-evidence-of-a-biological-mechanism-reveals-all-73272