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<p>Last year, 81-year-old rancher Arthur 'Jack' Schubarth was sentenced to six months in prison.</p><p>His crime? An elaborate, multi-country conspiracy to smuggle in the tissue of a rare big horn sheep — clone it — and sell the offspring to hunters.</p><p>But how did we get to the point where such a scheme could be run out of an elderly rancher's backyard?</p><p>In episode one of Artificial Evolution, we trace the story of cloning from Dolly the sheep right through to the present day.</p><p>We discover the technology being used to clone horses right here in Australia — and find out whether Barbra Streisand's clones of her pet dog are anything like the original.</p><p>Artificial Evolution is a new four part series from Science Friction about how gene technologies are changing the world around us.</p><p>You can hear more episodes of Science Friction with journalist Peter de Kruijff about DNA, cloning, genetic modification and gene editing on the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever y...