Dinosaur skull bones discovered in Montana have been analyzed and found to contain evidence of DNA. Scientists discovered cells in the skull that were ‘in the process of dividing’ and they found “darkened balls” inside that indicate nuclei and/or chromosomes. While the discovery is fascinating, it is far from what is hardly anything close to what is seen in Jurassic park as even if dinosaur DNA is present in these cells, it is unlikely that it has been preserved well. The article mentions that chances are, the DNA is in tiny fragments or is chemically altered in some way.

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