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No, they're not used, because they didn't find DNA -- they found rocks. We're dealing with fossils here, not organic matter. Tissue does not last for millions o
by erroneousfunk 11y ago
No, they're not used, because they didn't find DNA -- they found rocks. We're dealing with fossils here, not organic matter. Tissue does not last for millions of years.
- sunwooz 11y agoWasn't a scientist able to extract DNA fragments from dinosaur bones by leaving them in an acidic solution?
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoBakker notes that lots of what people call dinosaur fossils are in actuality just bone. Fossilization is rarely a complete or perfect process. So this may in fact be bone.