Submitted by Sorin61 t3_zf7ah0 in technology
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vindictivemonarch t1_izd7n0k wrote
encino man?
Justme100001 t1_izaocuq wrote
And they woke up a virus that was asleep for thousands of years. I think they want to speed up the population decline...
QuestionableAI t1_izar1c1 wrote
I more than suspect they do.
It's a big club and we are not in it.
erosram t1_izfg5nh wrote
If it’s from the distant past, maybe we have defenses against it built into us.
pompandvigor t1_izasa89 wrote
I assure you, it’s perfectly safe.
canadianmatt t1_izcp7pg wrote
Spared no expense
optimusjprime t1_izapgn2 wrote
Calling Dr. Ian Malcom…Calling Dr. Ian Malcom
TrunksTheMighty t1_izcfkk2 wrote
I thought DNA had a half life of like 500 years, did they find a way to fix that or something?
Blag24 t1_izdlsob wrote
At the end of the article it says they thought 1 million was the limit.
> Exactly how far back in time researchers will be able to see remains an open question. “Probably we are close to the limit, but who knows,” says Tyler Murchie, a postdoctoral fellow at McMaster University who develops methods for studying ancient DNA. He notes that the Dutch researchers were successful in combining several techniques to “create a robust reconstruction of this ecosystem.”
> Willerslev once predicted it would be impossible to recover DNA from anything that lived more than a million years ago. Now that he’s broken the record, he is reluctant to say where the limit lies. “I wouldn’t be surprised if...we could go back twice as far,” he says. “But I wouldn't guarantee it.”
Also what it was preserved in also makes a difference so I’d guess 500 years for any normal sample & longer for ones in specific circumstances but I’m just some guy making a wild guess.
> The Danish team says the DNA they found was preserved by freezing temperatures and because it was bound to clay and quartz, which also slows down the process of degradation.
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redditdoggnight t1_izb37nm wrote
Mastodons? Wooly Mammoths?
Howz about we stop sequencing ancient animals with human-sized teeth.
Chrichton warned us…
glacialthinker t1_izb456c wrote
Glass-half-full people... might be oblivious of the warnings!
Trumpspenis123 t1_izb3ovo wrote
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erosram t1_izfg13l wrote
Da da da dada, da da da dada, da da daaa, da da daaaaaa!
Sonsofwhiskey t1_izem44s wrote
Where have I seen this story before? It always ends badly for humans!
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jadzi4 t1_izbd1nc wrote
They play too much!! 😨
Yachts-n-Thots t1_izai8vh wrote
I've seen this movie before