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In the meantime, Colossal continues to work on new developments in the field of cloning. The celebrity-backed company, which is backed by A-listers including Brady, Hilton, Peter Jackson, Tiger Woods, Seth Green and Game of Thrones stars Sophie Turner and Kit Harrington, celebrated what they call the world’s first successful de-extinction of an animal when they brought back the dire wolves.

The hope now is that this will pave the way for the revival of countless other lost species.

“I couldn’t be more proud of the team. This huge milestone is the first of many examples to come that demonstrate that our end-to-end de-extinction technology works,” said colossal CEO Ben Lamm.

“Our team took DNA from a 13,000-year-old tooth and a 72,000-year-old skull and created healthy dire wolf puppies.

“It was once said, ‘any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.’ Today our team gets to reveal some of the magic they are working on and its wider impact on conservation.”