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Jurassic Park is fiction but a growing group of paleontologists have their sights set on reanimating dinosaurs. Jack Horner and James Gorman’s book, How to Build a Dinosaur was featured on 60 Minutes recently. The authors believe that DNA material from prehistoric creatures found on paleontological expeditions can be used to create real dinosaurs. (Unsurprisngly, Horner was the inspiration for the lead paleontologist character in Jurassic Park and served as a technical advisor on the film.)

At the same time, McGill University scientist Hans Larsson, inspired by Horner’s work, is attempting to manipulate chicken embryos to reanimate dinosaur traits that disappeared millions of years ago. Every bird on Earth is a descendant of dinosaurs, so it seems like it may be possible. An excerpt from a recent Telegraph article:

“Larsson believes by flipping certain genetic levers during a chicken embryo’s development, he can reproduce the dinosaur anatomy. Though still in its infancy, the research could eventually lead to hatching live prehistoric animals, but Larsson said there are no plans for that now, for ethical and practical reasons — a dinosaur hatchery is ‘too large an enterprise.'”

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