Hendrik Poinar quotes

There is no good scientific reason to bring back an extinct species. Why would one bring them back? To put them in a theme park? (Hendrik Poinar)
I laughed when Steven Spielberg said that cloning extinct animals was inevitable. But I'm not laughing anymore, at least about mammoths. This is going to happen. It's just a matter of working out the details. View quote
Hendrik Poinar
Nuclear DNA encodes all the proteins and enzymes that make you you, basically. View quote
Hendrik Poinar
The study of evolution is an evolution in itself. View quote
Hendrik Poinar
Theres no environment I can think of that would have remained constant enough to preserve dinosaur DNA. View quote
Hendrik Poinar
Every outbreak across the globe today stems from a descendant of the medieval plague. View quote
Hendrik Poinar
If we brought the mammoth back to Siberia, maybe that would be good for the ecosystems that are changing because of climate change. View quote
Hendrik Poinar
We know African and Asian elephants can interbreed, and they're separated by 5 million to 6 million years. View quote
Hendrik Poinar