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World’s Oldest DNA – 1.2 Million Years Old – Reveals How Mammoths Evolved
https://scitechdaily.com ^
| FEBRUARY 17, 2021
| By STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY
Posted on 02/19/2021 7:44:34 AM PST by Red Badger
click here to read article
To: Red Badger
The scientists found that only minute amounts of DNA remained in the samples and that the DNA was degraded into very small fragments.
So...nothing they could use to create a living mammoth. Too bad.
To: AnotherUnixGeek
Sequence enough fragments . . .
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posted on
02/19/2021 8:01:09 AM PST
by
Pollster1
(America is no longer in Claire Wolfe's "awkward stage")
To: Pollster1
No way any DNA should last 1.2 Million years
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posted on
02/19/2021 8:03:25 AM PST
by
CptnObvious
(Question her now.)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
"So...nothing they could use to create a living mammoth. Too bad." In my best Homer Simpson voice: mmmmmmmm, mammoth burgers!
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posted on
02/19/2021 8:04:19 AM PST
by
buckalfa
(I have forgotten more than I ever knew.)
To: Red Badger
The more they find, the less they actually know. So goes the study of Anthropology...
To: Red Badger
An educated guess would be that we could recover DNA that is two million years old, and possibly go even as far back as 2.6 million. Before that, there was no permafrost where ancient DNA could have been preserved,” says Anders Götherström, a professor in molecular archaeology and joint research leader at the Centre for Palaeogenetics.No permafrost? Global warming from Fred Flintstone's SUV, no doubt!
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posted on
02/19/2021 9:33:11 AM PST
by
JimRed
(TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: JimRed
I thought that the Erf went thru many cycles of freeze then fry during those millions of years..................
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posted on
02/19/2021 9:38:54 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(SLEAZIN' is the REASON for the TREASON .................................)
To: Red Badger
I saw those three woolly mammoths pass the house just yesterday.
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posted on
02/19/2021 9:52:23 AM PST
by
bgill
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/19/2021 1:26:15 PM PST
by
SERE_DOC
( The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. TJ)
To: CptnObvious
The article says it did. Give them a few more months, and . . .
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posted on
02/19/2021 2:40:46 PM PST
by
Pollster1
(America is no longer in Claire Wolfe's "awkward stage")
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