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Is it possible to recreate dinosaurs from their DNA?

  • Written by William Ausich, Professor Emeritus of Paleontology, The Ohio State University
image_Tyrannosaurus rex_ was a relentless predator who lived during the Cretaceous Period more than 65 million years ago.Roger Harris/Science Photo Library via Getty Imagesimage

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