Vincent J. Lynch

Vincent J. Lynch

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Vincent J. Lynch is a first-generation college student who received his BS in Biological Science and Anthropology from the University at Albany - State University of New York (SUNY). He earned his PhD in evolutionary biology from Yale University, studying the development and evolution of mammalian pregnancy. He is currently a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at University at Buffalo, SUNY. He studies the development and evolution of pregnancy, comparative oncology, and the molecular basis of woolly mammoth adaptations to the cold.

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Colossal's de-extinction campaign is built on a semantic house of cards with shoddy foundations — and the consequences are dire

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Opinion "Dire wolves" created by Colossal Biosciences were pegged as "the first animals in history to be brought back from extinction." But that all depends on your definition of de-extinction — and Colossal's definition isn't the same as everyone else's.

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