Possible dinosaur DNA has been found

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Post by bookofjoe » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 6:02 PM UTC

Possible dinosaur DNA has been found
scientificamerican.com

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Post by SeanFerree » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 6:33 PM UTC

Love it! Very cool!

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Post by syntaxing » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 6:38 PM UTC

This is a naive question...but let's just say we do have the DNA, is Jurrasic park possible with today's technology?! I remember reading that someone was trying to inseminate an elephant with mammoth sperm a couple years ago but failed. Not sure if it was because the sample was super old or it just doesn't work.

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Post by RedComet » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 6:38 PM UTC

I love how not only the time of existence but also its size and appearance are presented as undisputable facts.

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Post by Splendor » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 6:40 PM UTC

> Yet first, paleontologists need to confirm that these possible genetic traces are the real thing.

As is common with science articles, the headline doesn't quite match reality.

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Post by zabeltech » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 6:40 PM UTC

Life will find a way

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Post by jstimpfle » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 6:42 PM UTC

RedComet wrote: post #4

I love how not only the time of existence but also its size and appearance are presented as undisputable facts.

Yeah and it's so wrong! Would they have checked the bible they'd agree that the earth is 6000 years old.

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Post by aphextron » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 6:47 PM UTC

syntaxing wrote: post #3

This is a naive question...but let's just say we do have the DNA, is Jurrasic park possible with today's technology?! I remember reading that someone was trying to inseminate an elephant with mammoth sperm a couple years ago but failed. Not sure if it was because the sample was super old or it just doesn't work.

It's a completely impossible fantasy. DNA has a half life of ~500 years. Mammoths only died out around 10,000 years ago, which is why it's conceivable that one could be brought back, but all dinosaur DNA has been destroyed for millions of years.

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Post by RedComet » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 6:51 PM UTC

jstimpfle wrote: post #7

RedComet wrote: post #4

I love how not only the time of existence but also its size and appearance are presented as undisputable facts.

Yeah and it's so wrong! Would they have checked the bible they'd agree that the earth is 6000 years old.

What a stooge.

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Post by roywiggins » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 6:51 PM UTC

"At best, their biological makers seem to be degraded remnants of genes that cannot be read—broken-down components rather than intact parts of a sequence."

So... what good does that do?