i will now have the jurassic park soundtrack in my head the rest of the day. Jurassic Park Won’t Happen: Dino DNA Dead In “Jurassic Park,” scientists extract 80-million-year-old dino DNA from the bellies of mosquitoes trapped in amber. DNA’s half-life at 521 years, meaning half of the DNA bonds would be broken down 521 years after death, and half of the remaining bonds would be decayed another 521 years after that, and so on. Thus, 65 million year old dinosaur DNA would have decayed to essentially squat. John Hammond will never say (twice), “We have a T-Rex.” bum BUM bum BUM BADA DUM DUM DUM DA DUM…

i will now have the jurassic park soundtrack in my head the rest of the day.

Jurassic Park Won’t Happen: Dino DNA Dead

In “Jurassic Park,” scientists extract 80-million-year-old dino DNA from the bellies of mosquitoes trapped in amber.

DNA’s half-life at 521 years, meaning half of the DNA bonds would be broken down 521 years after death, and half of the remaining bonds would be decayed another 521 years after that, and so on.


Thus, 65 million year old dinosaur DNA would have decayed to essentially squat.

John Hammond will never say (twice), “We have a T-Rex.”

bum BUM bum BUM BADA DUM DUM DUM DA DUM…

Source: news.discovery.com

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