Jurassic Park. Remember that movie? Of course you do; Jurassic Park was an awesome movie. In that scene at the beginning where the old guy shows those people how he made dinosaurs, you can't help but think, "Can they really do that? Can you really find a mosquito inside hardened sap, take out the blood and make a dinosaur?" I don't know the answer to that, but I'm guessing not since nobody's gone and done it. Anyhoo, I got to thinking about that because there's an article about some scientists who have sequenced the DNA of some extinct cave bears. I wonder, can you deextinctify a cave bear if you have the DNA? I mean, isn't that what all this cloning business is about? Could you shove some extinct DNA into the egg of, oh say a grizzly or something?
Since these scientists have been successful with the bear DNA sequencing, they are ready to do it to Neanderthals. Could we make a Neanderthal baby?
Posted by ause0007 at June 2, 2005 2:31 PMSounds like the barber who just sold Neil Armstrong's hair for $3,000. The collector bought it for the DNA located in the hair. What a bunch of weirdos.
Posted by: jen s. at June 2, 2005 3:03 PMIt is possible, usually it involves putting the DNA in some other similar animal to give birth to some mixed breed. The process is then repeated and the animal gets closer and closer to what it originally was.
So, I guess that makes it possible for Neanderthals to walk the earth again.
Posted by: Kyle C. at June 2, 2005 3:55 PM