World Changing Event: July 5, 1996 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland. After cloning was successfully demonstrated through the production of Dolly, many other large mammals have been cloned including horses and bulls. Interestingly, in January 2009 scientists from the Centre of Food Technology and Research of Aragon in Spain announced the cloning of a Pyrenean ibex (wild mountain goat) which had previously been declared extinct in 2000. Although the newborn ibex died shortly after birth due to physical defects in its lungs it is the first time an extinct animal has been cloned, and may open doors for saving endangered and newly extinct species by resurrecting them from frozen tissue. Cloning may also have use in preserving endangered species.

1996 Motorcycle and Scooter Models

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