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<p>This undated photo provided by the American Museum of Natural History shows the skeleton of a mammoth in the Paul and Irma Milstein Hall in New York. Scientists are getting their best look yet at the DNA code for the woolly mammoth, thanks to work that could be a step toward bringing back the extinct beast. The results are announced in a paper released Thursday by the journal Current Biology.</p>

<p>This undated photo provided by the American Museum of Natural History shows the skeleton of a mammoth in the Paul and Irma Milstein Hall in New York. Scientists are getting their best look yet at the DNA code for the woolly mammoth, thanks to work that could be a step toward bringing back the extinct beast. The results are announced in a paper released Thursday by the journal Current Biology.</p>

April 24, 2015

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Bringing back mammoths?
April 24, 2015 9 p.m.

Bringing back mammoths?

DNA codes could be step toward beasts' return

NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists are getting their best look yet at the DNA code for the woolly mammoth, thanks to work that could be a step toward bringing back the extinct beast.