FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to ShowerThoughts@sh.itjust.works · 10 days agoNobody will ever know what dinosaurs taste likemessage-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down14
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-squareNobody will ever know what dinosaurs taste likeFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to ShowerThoughts@sh.itjust.works · 10 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareMrMakabar@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoYou need genetic material for that and unfortunatly that does not preserve even close to well enough to clone a non avian dinosaur.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-210 days ago“Ever” is a long time. If we managed to make a computer model where you can input a DNA sequence and the model can produce the corrosponding organism, you could almost brute force it (run DNA sequences until your model comes up with a dinosaur that matches our fossils).
You need genetic material for that and unfortunatly that does not preserve even close to well enough to clone a non avian dinosaur.
“Ever” is a long time.
If we managed to make a computer model where you can input a DNA sequence and the model can produce the corrosponding organism, you could almost brute force it (run DNA sequences until your model comes up with a dinosaur that matches our fossils).