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Ten Extinct Beasts That Could Walk The Earth Again
News Scientist ^ | 1/07/2009 | Staff Writers

Posted on 01/09/2009 10:20:15 AM PST by ex-Texan

THE recipe for making any creature is written in its DNA. So last November, when geneticists published the near-complete DNA sequence of the long-extinct woolly mammoth, there was much speculation about whether we could bring this behemoth back to life.

Creating a living, breathing creature from a genome sequence that exists only in a computer's memory is not possible right now. But someone someday is sure to try it, predicts Stephan Schuster, a molecular biologist at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, and a driving force behind the mammoth genome project.

So besides the mammoth, what other extinct beasts might we coax back to life?

Well, it is only going to be possible with creatures for which we can retrieve a complete genome sequence. Without one, there is no chance. And usually when a creature dies, the DNA in any flesh left untouched is soon destroyed as it is attacked by sunshine and bacteria.

There are, however, some circumstances in which DNA can be preserved. If your specimen froze to death in an icy wasteland such as Siberia, or snuffed it in a dark cave or a really dry region, for instance, then the probability of finding some intact stretches of DNA is much higher. * * *

Of course, bringing extinct creatures back to life raises a whole host of practical problems, such as where they will live, but let's not spoil the fun . . .

For Details About These Beasts Click Here

They inlcude the Sabre-Toothed Tiger and Neanderthal Man (Homo neanderthalensis) . . .

(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: cloning; extinctspecies; godsgravesglyphs; wackyscience
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To: Abathar

Same here.

Wonder what the bag limit will be.....


41 posted on 01/09/2009 10:51:51 AM PST by 2111USMC
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To: ex-Texan
It's already been done. Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm just a caveman. I fell on some ice and later got thawed out by some of your scientists. Your world frightens and confuses me! Sometimes the honking horns of your traffic make me want to get out of my BMW.. and run off into the hills, or wherever.. Sometimes when I get a message on my fax machine, I wonder: "Did little demons get inside and type it?" I don't know! My primitive mind can't grasp these concepts. But there is one thing I do know - when a man like my client slips and falls on a sidewalk in front of a public library, then he is entitled to no less than two million in compensatory damages, and two million in punitive damages. Thank you.

42 posted on 01/09/2009 10:53:04 AM PST by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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To: tet68
Regarding one of your favorite quotes -


43 posted on 01/09/2009 10:54:31 AM PST by ex-Texan (Ecclesiastes 5:10 - 20)
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To: rednesss

Thats a classic. I actually think about those skits quite a bit.. Strange huh?


44 posted on 01/09/2009 10:55:49 AM PST by scfischer7
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To: GL of Sector 2814

...We all ready have Neanderthals. I’ve worked with them for years in the constrution business. Big, dumb and stupid. Uppp, sorry, my mistake, they’re just hillbilly farm boys from NC and KY. Jarhead, no talent, cracker a&&holes...

...”Aum th bess, evabody wonts mue”...

...Do I sound bitter???


45 posted on 01/09/2009 10:59:43 AM PST by gargoyle (..."If this be treason, make the most of it.". Patrick Henry...)
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To: gargoyle

Yes. Yes you do.


46 posted on 01/09/2009 11:00:41 AM PST by GL of Sector 2814
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To: scfischer7

I always liked Phil Hartman, sad that he didn’t choose his spouses better.


47 posted on 01/09/2009 11:01:16 AM PST by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG ping


48 posted on 01/09/2009 11:01:32 AM PST by Fractal Trader
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To: rednesss
I blame Andy Dick!

Ok, not really, but still....what an ass.

49 posted on 01/09/2009 11:03:11 AM PST by allmendream (Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?)
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To: null and void

I would most definitely take out the Neanderthal for ethical reasons, and would substitute it with the passenger pigeon.

Frankly, if they’re going to give do-overs to some species, it should be those that we killed off, not those that disappeared hundreds of thousands of years ago.


50 posted on 01/09/2009 11:04:19 AM PST by AuH2ORepublican (Fred Thompson appears human-sized because he is actually standing a million miles away.)
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To: ex-Texan
They inlcude the Sabre-Toothed Tiger and Neanderthal Man (Homo neanderthalensis) . . .
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

OOO...I can see it now! Cool saber tooth designer pets!

Neaderthal man....Now that would be an abomination.

51 posted on 01/09/2009 11:04:54 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
I vote for the Dodo and the Giant Beaver!

so did Aeneas.

52 posted on 01/09/2009 11:05:59 AM PST by Peelod (God bless America)
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To: 2111USMC

No limit, but you have to pack it out on foot...


53 posted on 01/09/2009 11:07:18 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: ex-Texan

It seems that Keynesians should be on the list, although they have already been resurrected, and appear to have multiplied rapidly.


54 posted on 01/09/2009 11:07:24 AM PST by Maceman (If you're not getting a tax cut, you're getting a pay cut.)
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To: Peelod

Oh... you’re bad! Clever, but bad...


55 posted on 01/09/2009 11:07:28 AM PST by Flycatcher (Strong copy for a strong America)
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To: GL of Sector 2814

...Good, I thought it was just me...

...It’s Ok. I’m working on it every day...


56 posted on 01/09/2009 11:09:53 AM PST by gargoyle (..."If this be treason, make the most of it.". Patrick Henry...)
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To: Peelod

Which Aeneas?

Aeneas Silvius, mythological king of Alba Longa
Aeneas Tacticus (fl. 4th century BC), Greek writer
Aeneas of Gaza (fl. 5th century AD), philosopher
Modern
Aeneas de Caprara (1631-1701), Austrian field marshall
Aeneas Chigwedere (b. 1939), Zimbabwean politician
Aeneas Coffey (1780-1852), inventor of the Coffey still
Æneas baron Mackay (1839-1909), prime minister of the Netherlands
Æneas Shaw (c.1740–1814), soldier and politician of Upper Canada
Aeneas Williams (b. 1968), U.S. athlete
Ships


57 posted on 01/09/2009 11:11:27 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing! I'm a doctor, and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: wintertime

An "abomination"?

58 posted on 01/09/2009 11:12:48 AM PST by Inappropriate Laughter
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To: Inappropriate Laughter

laughing and laughing!


59 posted on 01/09/2009 11:15:02 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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To: 12Gauge687

LOL!I do believe she would! :P


60 posted on 01/09/2009 11:15:33 AM PST by gimme1ibertee (Sarahlution!!!!!)
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