Wooly Mammoth DNA Decoded

[Adrian II]

Imagine the mammoth burgers you can make....

Heinz is rich enough as it is.

[Xiahou]

Heinz is rich enough as it is.

I was thinking mammoth burgers might be more an A1 type meal.

[Viking]

Now we must move onto the dinosaurs.
It was found some "meat"(there is a better word, but I don`t know it in English) on dinosaur skeleton relatively recently, I`m hoping that it could possibly be DNA in it.

[Ianofsmeg16]

Now we must move onto the dinosaurs.
It was found some "meat"(there is a better word, but I don`t know it in English) on dinosaur skeleton relatively recently, I`m hoping that it could possibly be DNA in it.

I am gonna dispell a myth created by jurassic park here fellas, the technique shown in both the book and the movie, by which you take the blood out of mosquitoes that have been "frozen" in amber is pure fiction, Michael Chrichton said so himself. the best chance we would have of bringing back a dinosaur is from mummified skins (there have been some mummified fossils of an Edmontosaurus found) but they would have lost all DNA millions of years ago. The fact remains that dinosaurs died out far too long ago for any DNA to remain on any part of their bodies. And anyway, we have no idea how these creatures would behave, so how could we prepare our reaction to these ancient creatures, or how could we predict the reaction of the creatuires themselves when faced with a world 65 million years different from their own? Thanks for reading

P.S The wooly mammoth thing does sound awesome!

[Viking]

I am gonna dispell a myth created by jurassic park here fellas, the technique shown in both the book and the movie, by which you take the blood out of mosquitoes that have been "frozen" in amber is pure fiction, Michael Chrichton said so himself. the best chance we would have of bringing back a dinosaur is from mummified skins (there have been some mummified fossils of an Edmontosaurus found) but they would have lost all DNA millions of years ago. The fact remains that dinosaurs died out far too long ago for any DNA to remain on any part of their bodies. And anyway, we have no idea how these creatures would behave, so how could we prepare our reaction to these ancient creatures, or how could we predict the reaction of the creatuires themselves when faced with a world 65 million years different from their own? Thanks for reading

We have found actual "meat"(the good word i still missing) in dinosaurs. It was found in the knee or something, where it had been preserved. But if you`re sure that DNA can`t survive that long, then it doesn`t really matter.

[Ianofsmeg16]

the muscle that they have found is probably too Dead for it to contain DNA, unfortunately, as a dinosaur lover i would like to see at least one dinosaur in my life, but I'd order it shot after I've had a close inspection. no Raptor is going to get loose on my watch :)

[Viking]

I don`t quite see why being so cautious with dinosaurs; remember, they aren`t supernatural.

[Louis VI the Fat]

This is all very exciting!

Recreating all those long extinct animals is not realistic with our present scientific means and will not be for a long time - if ever.
But the new insights on evolutionary relationships these DNA-decoding techniques allow are spectacular enough by themselves.
Fantastic.


@Viking: tissue, flesh?

[Viking]

@Viking: tissue, flesh?

Tissue might be the word, thanks!

[Adrian II]

I was thinking mammoth burgers might be more an A1 type meal.

As long as it is A+ you are safe.