Dinosaurs Coming Back In 2050 Instant

Using the genomes of modern birds (descendants) and crocodilians (cousins), scientists can computationally reconstruct the genome of a dinosaur.

So, set your calendar for July 2050. That is the rumored "Unveiling Day" at the Berlin Natural History Museum. Will it be a triumph of science or a monster movie trailer?

Put simply: They turned off the "beak" gene and turned on the "snout with teeth" gene in an avian embryo. They didn't get a dinosaur. They got a "chickenosaurus." But by 2040, they cracked the code for the Velociraptor (the small, feathered one, not the giant movie monster).

Instead, the 2050 plan relies on .

Before 2050, international governing bodies must establish the similar to the Outer Space Treaty, to govern the ownership and rights of these animals.

Contrary to popular belief, the primary method will not be harvesting blood from amber. The half-life of DNA is approximately 521 years; dinosaur DNA (aged 66+ million years) has long since degraded. Instead, science will rely on the following approaches: