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Martin, the author of the books, is an investor and advisor to Colossal; he’s even named as a co-author on a technical paper the company published as a non-peer-reviewed preprint describing its de-extinction effort.

The preprint of this paper has been out since 2023.

The preprint generated quite a bit of buzz on social media!

A spokesperson told Slate on Wednesday afternoon that the paper has been submitted for peer review, and a preprint version “is being submitted” and should be posted in a day or two.

“The consequences of putting out out a press release on a preprint — especially this poor quality study — is wildly irresponsible & does serious harm to scientists & the public alike,” virologist Angela Rasmussen of the University of Saskatchewan posted on Bluesky.