As part of its Dino-Devotion season, on Thursday 11 December the Grant Museum of Zoology is to host a talk on the potential for cloning ice age animals. The speaker is molecular palaeobiologist Ian Barnes, who over the last 15 years has been involved with many of the key ancient DNA studies of the ice age megafauna, including giant deer, sabre-tooth cats, short-faced bears and woolly mammoths. His talk will consider the extinction of this group of mammals around 12000 years ago, the contribution that modern molecular genetics has made, and the future potential for recovering the ice age animals. There will be a free glass of wine and private view of the Museum following the talk.

Ice Age Park - the truth about cloning mammoths, 6pm Thursday 11 December, Grant Museum of Zoology, Darwin Building, University College London, Malet Place, WC1E 6BT. The event is free and there is no need to book. For more information visit the museum's website or ring 020 7679 2647.