• Question: will scientist be able to make dinosaurs later in life

    Asked by heskyis2good to Emma, Jimmy, Janet, Niall, Simon on 13 Mar 2013. This question was also asked by james2199.
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      James Holloway answered on 13 Mar 2013:

      If we find intact DNA then we can make them (like in Jurassic park). The problem is DNA is such a big complex molecule that it doesn’t survive well over long periods of time. We have found intact mammoth DNA (they died out about 30,000 years ago) so you may see mammoths in the zoo one day.

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      Janet Daly answered on 13 Mar 2013:

      In theory yes…though they might not be exactly like the originals as it might be necessary to fill in some gaps…as they did in Jurassic Park. I do think that Jurassic Park has a good moral to it though about being careful when interfering with nature as you cannot always predict the outcome…I’d bet they wouldn’t have the immune system to cope with modern day germs and would be wiped out by a common cold.

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