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Researchers may remake Neanderthal DNA

Posted on Tuesday, 26 June, 2007 | 1 comment

Researchers studying Neanderthal DNA say it should be possible to construct a complete genome of the ancient hominid despite the degradation of the DNA over time. There is also hope for reconstructing the genome of the mammoth and cave bear, according to a research team led by Svante Paabo of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.Their findings are published in this week's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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#1 Posted by Raptor X7 on 27 June, 2007, 13:33
Easy to say, but a lot harder to do.It would be extraordinary if we were ever able to go through with it but I'm not going to keep my hopes up.

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