Will you be tucking in? Food scientists looking for alternatives to real meat are experimenting with flavours that people have not tasted within living memory, if ever.
On the menu: dodo steak and unicorn chops
Mythical meals: The Ancient Greeks warned that the unicorn's meat tasted bitter. Glossary
DNA - Deoxyribonucleic acid is the material in an organism that carries genetic information.
Homo sapiens - The species to which all modern humans belong. Homo sapiens means "wise man" in Latin.
Amino acids - Organic compounds which form the basic constituents of proteins.
Woolly mammoth - Its closest living relative is the Asian elephant. The last population lived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean.
Bioengineering - Also known as genetic engineering.
Stem cells - Unspecialised cells that have the ability to develop into different types of cell.
Immune system - The network of cells, organs and proteins that defend the body from infection.