1 posted on
11/09/2014 2:17:15 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
“Charismatic”? Did i read that right?
3 posted on
11/09/2014 2:18:20 PM PST by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: SunkenCiv; Larry Lucido; F15Eagle
**although some organs have shrunk significantly over time**
Well if cold water can cause shrinkage think about what being frozen can do to “some organs.”
6 posted on
11/09/2014 2:20:46 PM PST by
Gamecock
(USA, Ret. 27 years.)
To: SunkenCiv
Do things like that have preserved DNA of any ‘use’? Could be interesting.
9 posted on
11/09/2014 2:24:05 PM PST by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: SunkenCiv
So the author of this article wants to lead me to believe some people went to all the trouble of mummifying an entire bison? Why? [Thog want know—you gonna eat that?] Did they wrap it up like King Tut? Or did it just keel over from starvation and become preserved in place through freezing? Journalists...
11 posted on
11/09/2014 2:27:27 PM PST by
W.
(We won. Get over it! Or not--because we won! Cry me another river!)
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
When's dinner?
15 posted on
11/09/2014 2:29:43 PM PST by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: SunkenCiv
Importantly, if they can recover enough of its DNA, they might be able to do a multi-generational reconstruction of the species.
In the first generation, its DNA is used to create a cross with a modern bison, hopefully producing viable hybrid offspring. Then in the second and subsequent generations, more of the ancient DNA is integrated into the offspring, until eventually its DNA is identical to the ancient species.
This technique was created with the idea of eventually bringing back the wooly mammoth. But bison would be a great first step.
24 posted on
11/09/2014 2:44:07 PM PST by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
To: SunkenCiv
Did someone say mummy?!
28 posted on
11/09/2014 2:52:53 PM PST by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: SunkenCiv
29 posted on
11/09/2014 3:03:52 PM PST by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: SunkenCiv
Will Putin be shown riding it or trying to bread with it?
33 posted on
11/09/2014 3:14:14 PM PST by
WellyP
(question!)
To: SunkenCiv
Wiki: The steppe bison was over two metres tall and resembled the modern bison species, reaching 900 kg (1984 lbs) in weight. The tips of the horns were a meter apart, the horns themselves being over half a meter long.
Amercican Bison for comparison:
Shoulder height in the species can range from 152 to 186 cm (60 to 73 in). Weight can range from 318 to 907 kg (701 to 2,000 lb)[11] The heaviest wild bull ever recorded weighed 1,270 kg (2,800 lb).
43 posted on
11/09/2014 4:33:14 PM PST by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: SunkenCiv
Holocene megafauna extinction is a mystery I would like to try to unravel. The best hypothesis i have heard is a massive solar flare
44 posted on
11/09/2014 4:37:53 PM PST by
frithguild
(The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
To: SunkenCiv
48 posted on
11/09/2014 7:14:32 PM PST by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: SunkenCiv
Just looked that place up. That is way up north. No wonder he fast froze.
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