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0 pointsHerpDerpLerp10y ago0 comments

Presumably you don't work in a biological field!

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ig110y ago· 2 in thread

If they're in the same genus presumably the same CRISPR approach that's being used to inject Wooly Mammoth genes into Elephants can apply ?

Please let me know when we actually have resurrected the Wooly Mammoth; I can't wait to try a mammoth steak.

eru10y ago

DNA's half-life is too short.

RogtamBar10y ago· 1 in thread

Re-constructing neanderthals has been suggested as being perfectly viable..

DNA decomposes very quickly. It's half-life is 521 years. Even in best case, DNA becomes unreadable in 1.5 million years.

While Neanderthals lived 38k years ago, this species lived ~ 3 million years ago.

Reconstructing this species is practically impossible.

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