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> Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago and became extinct long before humans existed. Even if we had the technology to bring them back, we would not have any o
by joemi 4y ago
> Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago and became extinct long before humans existed. Even if we had the technology to bring them back, we would not have any of their DNA to use as a template.
Sounds like you didn't read the article. Hendrik Poinar, the director of the McMaster Ancient DNA Centre, said "Will we ever find a dinosaur that has viable DNA? I’ve learned to never say never." And then a footnote associated with that statement said "Last March, researchers founHed evidence of preserved cartilage cells and DNA in a 75-million-year-old baby dinosaur fossil."
Your other points make sense, but only to a degree. Sure, dinosaurs-as-a-whole probably wouldn't do too well naturally in our environment, but how sure can we be that a few species wouldn't be able to survive? And isn't it plausible that an artificial habitat could be constructed that could allow even more to survive? After all, we have ways to keep pretty much any animals (including humans) alive in artificial habitats that are kept in environments the animals wouldn't normally survive in (see: zoos, aquariums, space stations).