Jurassic Park: Not quite, in latest DNA finding
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 19:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In "Jurassic Park," scientists extract 80-million-year-old dino DNA from the bellies of mosquitoes trapped in amber. Researchers may never be able to extract genetic material that old and bring a T. rex back to life, but a new study suggests DNA can survive in fossils longer than previously believed.