Ever since we started finding fossils of long extinct species we've dreamed of getting to meet them, either by finding some secluded group of survivors, using a time machine, or resurrecting them. As our knowledge of genetics grows, this last option is fast approaching as a possible reality and raises many additional concerns about the technical and ethical challenges, not least of which is where to put them, with their former environments now used by people or other critters. We will examine these challenges today.

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Writers:

Isaac Arthur

Laura Graham

Eustratius Graham

Mark Warburton

Narrator:

Isaac Arthur

Script Editors:

Gregory Leal

Keith Blockus

Matthew Acker

Naomi Kern

Sigmund Kopperud

Graphics Team:

Edward Nardella

Jarred Eagley

Justin Dixon

Katie Byrne

Kris Holland of Mafic Stufios: www.maficstudios.com

Misho Yordanov

Pierre Demet

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Stefan Blandin

Music:

Miguel Johnson, "The Commanders"

Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata"

Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars"

Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"

Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth"

A.J. Prasad, "Staring through the cracks in reality, part 2"

Brandow Liew, "Into the Storm"