UPDATE: The dodo comeback just leveled up. We now have gene-edited birds AND a world’s first in avian science. This latest update is packed with breakthroughs in dodo de-extinction: culturing pigeon PGCs, decoding high-quality genomes of dodo relatives, and scanning bird skulls to decode how beaks evolved. And it’s even wilder than it sounds. | Colossal Biosciences

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945K views · 19K reactions | In 1931, a group of fishermen hauling nets from the North Sea made a stunning discovery—what they first thought was debris turned out to be a prehistoric weapon, revealing a powerful clue to humanity’s ancient past. #MysteriesUnearthed | HISTORY | Facebook