• Question: can dinosaurs be reincarnated ?

    Asked by Sonny to Claire, Liad, Ruth, Ryan, Mako on 21 Jun 2015. This question was also asked by bubblepop123.
    • Photo: Ryan Cheale

      Ryan Cheale answered on 21 Jun 2015:

      haha in theory yes! If we have the DNA there’s no reason we can’t, but they won’t be as big as they were because there’s not as much oxygen in the air as there once was.

    • Photo: Claire Bryer

      Claire Bryer answered on 21 Jun 2015:

      No, it’s incredibly unlikely, if not impossible. Unfortunately dinosaurs lived so long ago that getting an entire sequence of their DNA would be really difficult. Even the DNA that might be preserved in rock will have broken down too much to get a full sequence.

      Also changes in our environment since the time they lived probably would mean they wouldn’t survive nowadays. Think about all the species that went extinct, there is a reason for it!

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