> dinosaur DNA is way, way too old to recover. With today's technology. Assuming a cache of DNA isn't found in conditions where it's unusually -- perhaps uniq

> dinosaur DNA is way, way too old to recover. With today's technology. Assuming a cache of DNA isn't found in conditions where it's unusually -- perhaps uniquely -- well-preserved. Without stitching together multiple samples or splicing in DNA from other species to make up gaps or degradations. Saying it's fundamentally impossible is equivalent to saying you know something about your unknown unknowns. Impossible is a very strong claim -- not always insurmountable, e.g. thermodynamics says that certain high-efficiency engines can't exist. But I'm skeptical that we can be super-confident that we'll never be able to clone dinosaurs. Of course there are gaps between what happens in the book/movie and what's possible today. That's why it's called science fiction -- if they limited themselves to what's currently feasible, it would be a documentary. (Actually, that would be a fun way to troll someone who's never seen the movie -- tell them it's a documentary before you show it to them.)