25-03-2005 01:13									#1
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Jurassic Park, here we come!

	25-03-2005 03:14									#4
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Maybe we could have a crash program to develop dinosaurs for use as war elephants. enough money and the science/engineering will move.

	25-03-2005 03:25									#5
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Doesn't DNA denaturate after ~10'000 years depending on the conditions?

	25-03-2005 03:27									#6
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renature it.

	25-03-2005 03:28									#7
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or if you can just get the sequence, then you can recreate it, conceiveably.

	25-03-2005 04:03									#8
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Rumsfeld would love putting a few hundred raptors in body armor to use as a first wave against Iran.

We will get right on it.

	25-03-2005 04:07									#9
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I just saw this on cnn.com a few minutes ago. I wonder what research will be able to come out of this in the future.

	25-03-2005 04:16									#10
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Where's the obligatory welcoming of our new Reptilian Overlords?

ph33r teh terrible lizards!!

	25-03-2005 04:49									#11
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*jaw drops*

unfortunately, the DNA would be so degraded to be useless for phylogenetic analysis (evolutionary trees). The morphology will help us understand the physiology of higher theropods, though.

	25-03-2005 04:51									#12
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this stuff has to be rare as all freaking hell. I hope they are taking every possible precaution. If it really is soft tissue it surely might be expected to spoil once removed from it's protective environment.

	25-03-2005 04:53									#13
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I remember you.

	25-03-2005 05:05									#14
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*jaw ... dropping*

	25-03-2005 05:10									#15
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Whooting **** that's cool. More words here.
Even if the question answered is whether it is warm-blooded, it's still an impressive find.

	25-03-2005 05:25									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Odin *jaw drops* unfortunately, the DNA would be so degraded to be useless for phylogenetic analysis (evolutionary trees). The morphology will help us understand the physiology of higher theropods, though.

I certainly would have agreed with you yesterday. But I wonder if given the right environment very long term degradation of DNA might turn out to be more complicated than we would expect.

	25-03-2005 05:35									#17
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It totally bowls me over that someone was actually looking for soft tissue in fossils! It's like the captain of the Golgafrinchans discovering soap after sending his crew out to find soap mines. This is the most surreall sci news I have ever seen.

	25-03-2005 06:08									#18
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T-rex finds scientist soft tissue

	25-03-2005 06:10									#19
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Not to play god or anything but who here wouldn't love to see a T-Rex eat a cow or something. Just It walking would blow me away. What if its Black! Maybe even Light brown.

Nice!

Spec.

	25-03-2005 06:11									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Chemical Ollie T-rex finds scientist soft tissue

Spec.

	25-03-2005 06:11									#21
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Why are you trying to turn this scientific discussion into a racially charged argument? Why? Can't we all just get along?

	25-03-2005 06:14									#22
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It couldn't be red, or yellow......Green seems to regular.... Mayby it's light orange with pink dots!!

Verto, I hope you're joking

Spec.

	25-03-2005 08:24									#23
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It is impossible to believe that soft tissue could be preserved for 70 million years, but possible to believe it could be preserved inside a thick fossilised bone in the much shorter time of ~4300 years since Noah's flood.

	25-03-2005 08:30									#24
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quote: It is impossible to believe that soft tissue could be preserved for 70 million years

Not at all, sandstone is perfect for it because as a sedimentary rock it's subject to less geological pressures than other types. A contained, stable sterile environment will preserve its contents irrespective of time.

Sorry, 4300 years? You smoking something or do you just like attention?

	25-03-2005 08:34									#25
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at most this is 6000 years old...

God created the dinosaurs to playu with man, but then he killed them all/

	25-03-2005 08:45									#26
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quote: Originally posted by trev It is impossible to believe that soft tissue could be preserved for 70 million years, but possible to believe it could be preserved inside a thick fossilised bone in the much shorter time of ~4300 years since Noah's flood.

Edited: got rid of angery rant.

	25-03-2005 08:52									#28
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Odin, you will get banned for that for sure. Chill out.

	25-03-2005 08:54									#29
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Odin you're a clever guy... leave the temper tantrums to the Christians. We got better arguments, better evidence, a better grasp of what we're saying, there's simply no need to get angry with others, as frustratingly obdurate as their idiocy might be.

	25-03-2005 08:54									#30
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and for god's sack, at least insult people in a manner that won't get you banned!