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davidw
on May 29, 2013
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The first pictures of blood from a 10,000 year old...
Wow, that would be so cool - imaging going to the zoo to see one, something people 20 years ago had absolutely no hope of doing.
marshray
on May 29, 2013
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I recall 20 years ago we had hope of this. Bringing back mammoths and other extinct species has been part of the discussion of animal cloning from the beginning.
kolinko
on May 29, 2013
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well, there was this guy who made a movie on the subject...
Symmetry
on May 29, 2013
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Thankfully, unlike with dinosaurs we know that humans are quite capable of hunting mammoths to extinction if we want to.
jff
on May 29, 2013
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I have absolutely no doubt that humans could effectively eliminate a wild dinosaur population in short order. Think of the trophy mounts!
encoderer
on May 30, 2013
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Hear, Hear. If there's one thing we humans are good at, it's genocide and slaughter.
jff
on May 30, 2013
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Well, you don't rise to the top of the food chain unless you're able to kill every other animal out there.
Hail to the king, baby.
davidw
on May 29, 2013
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They made movies about "wars" amongst the "stars" too, but both were considered science fiction.
sliverstorm
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I seem to recall the outcome was poor
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