About 3-4 years ago there was a study showing that the half-life of DNA was much shorter... like around 500 years. https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-calcula

About 3-4 years ago there was a study showing that the half-life of DNA was much shorter... like around 500 years. https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-calculate-that-dna-has-a-521-year-half-life/ https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-calculate-that-dna-has-... However, I've always wondered if it would be possible to reassemble the whole DNA via aligning overlapping segments by indexing MASSIVE amounts of DNA. IT would be VERY expensive to do now with today's tech but might be posssible in 10-20 years.