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If we knew the answer ahead of time, there would be no point in doing the experiment.

One can easily argue that Mammoths ought to be able to survive - they survived periods with climates similar to our current one and there are a lot fewer paleolithic hunters running about now. But we won't really know unless we try.




>a lot fewer paleolithic hunters

Modern poachers with modern technology beat paleolithic hunters, hands down.

Technology works, as it turns out... :D


Poachers aren't part of the natural environment. When people say "survive in the wild" they are typically referring to the case where the species' and its natural habitat are largely left alone by modern civilization. Any species could be wiped out if humans tried to do so, even humans.

Anyways, in this scenario we have the means of producing mammoths at will, so why would there be a market for mammoth poaching? If people do kill a mammoth, just add another mammoth. Technology works.


I wish semantics worked against actual poachers. :-(

  >why would there be a market for mammoth poaching?
You haven't met humans, I see.


I don't think you understood what I was saying. Why would there be a market for poaching an animal that is mass-bred in captivity?




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