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: 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!
7 posted on
02/19/2021 9:33:11 AM PST by
JimRed
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To: Red Badger
I saw those three woolly mammoths pass the house just yesterday.
9 posted on
02/19/2021 9:52:23 AM PST by
bgill
To: Red Badger
10 posted on
02/19/2021 1:26:15 PM PST by
SERE_DOC
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