Dinosaurs will be cloned in the near future

Throughout mankind history, dinosaurs have been and remain one of the most fascinating mysteries. There are films and cartoons about them, and their remains still amaze both archaeologists and museum visitors. The famous "Jurassic Park" by Stephen Spielberg showed the likely development of events in case of the resurrection of the dinosaurs, but apparently, scientists do not have time to watch movies, so they continue to try to recreate the oldest creature that ever lived on Earth. But is it even possible? 

Firstly we should understand that the process of returning an extinct species is quite complicated. To have any hope of success, several conditions are necessary. First of all, you must have intact DNA from the animal. It is not easy to get it.

The fact is that when the body dies, the DNA in the cells begins to gradually collapse, leaving behind a vast number of small fragments that need to be folded back. In theory, the genotype of another, closely related animal may help to do this. However, this does not always work.

DNA can only be isolated from animal remains that are no more than a million years old. You must also have a genetically close animal that could become a surrogate mother. In the case of mammoths, it is an Asian elephant. Their genotype coincides with more than 90 percent.

That is why if the mammoth hypothesis can still be revived, then the dinosaurs that inhabited Earth tens of millions of years ago are not so easy. The remains in the museums are too old. So now, the mammoth is the oldest ancient animal whose hopes are to come back to life.

P.S. In 2018, scientists have come one step closer to bringing back the majestic ancient animals - mammoths. A team of Japanese researchers has "revived" frozen animal cells that are over 28,000 years old. Previously, this could only be done with much younger samples. After the success of the experiment, scientists talked about how it is possible to resurrect an animal truly.