Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: peyton randolph; pepsionice
Theoretically possible given that the Mammoth and the Indian Elephant share the same ancestor; The problem however is that no usable sperm has been found as yet in frozen mammoth carcasses since the technology became available...

As far as the TRex goes, we may well build a very lifelike TRex robot in 100 years that "walks", "breathes", "eats", "defecates" and "urinates" (given our infatuation with dinosaurs this is almost inevitable as our technology advances - a "real" Jurassic Park of a sort, if you will); however, it will still just be a robot made out of space age materials and requiring some mighty fancy computer programs to keep it stable on just two feet.

But resurrecting a living TRex will not happen because dinosaur DNA is long gone. Now, genetically re-engineering an Ostrich or an Emu to (re)-grow teeth, and also claws on its "wings" and (re)-grow a longer tail, by finding a way to switch back "on" recessive genes governing these features (IF they exist and IF we can identify them) is more theoretically possible (if we are correct that these are descendants of theropod dinosaurs as most evidence now appears to indicate); however even such a scenario is still solidly within the realm of science fiction.

56 posted on 08/15/2006 1:24:09 AM PDT by Al Simmons ('A personal relationship w/God' is a mind control technique that inhibits critical thinking)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: Al Simmons
But resurrecting a living TRex will not happen because dinosaur DNA is long gone.

Oddly enough, you may be incorrect on that point.

Not that there are any live T. rexes left, but I do believe if we needed some T. rex DNA, it would be readily available.

65 posted on 08/15/2006 3:52:03 AM PDT by Oberon (As a matter of fact I DO want fries with that.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 56 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson