What If Extinct Animals Could Be Brought Back to Life?

What do saber-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths and the dodo all have in common?

They're all extinct, and some theorize humans played a large part in this.

What if we could bring them back? What if we could apologize for our wrongdoings as a species and bring these creatures back? Is it scientifically possible?

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