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
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Nuclear DNA encodes all the proteins and enzymes that make you you, basically. View quote
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The study of evolution is an evolution in itself. View quote
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Theres no environment I can think of that would have remained constant enough to preserve dinosaur DNA. View quote
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Every outbreak across the globe today stems from a descendant of the medieval plague. View quote
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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
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We know African and Asian elephants can interbreed, and they're separated by 5 million to 6 million years. View quote
Hendrik Poinar

Hendrik Poinar

Occupation: Dutch Scientist
Born: May 31, 1969
Quotes count: 8