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If you're talking about woolly mammoth DNA [0], that's around 10,000 years old. This mosquito is around 50 million years old. The DNA in its belly is too degra
by dreamcompiler 5y ago
If you're talking about woolly mammoth DNA [0], that's around 10,000 years old.
This mosquito is around 50 million years old. The DNA in its belly is too degraded. Restoration ain't gonna happen.
[0] https://www.npr.org/2021/09/14/1036884561/dna-resurrection-jurassic-park-woolly-mammoth https://www.npr.org/2021/09/14/1036884561/dna-resurrection-j...