What do you think? Would you visit a dinosaur sanctuary in 2050, or are we asking for a sequel to extinction? Drop a comment below.
Before you pack your go-bag or start training a pet Raptor, let’s look at why scientists actually believe the Mesozoic Era might have a sequel in 26 years. We aren't talking about finding a mosquito in amber (thank you, Hollywood, for that genetic dead end). DNA has a half-life of about 521 years. By 65 million years in, that DNA is confetti. dinosaurs coming back in 2050
The dinosaurs coming back in 2050 will be (they will be gene-edited to be infertile, just in case). What do you think
But here is the headline that is starting to leak out of biotech labs from Boston to Shenzhen: Before you pack your go-bag or start training
You might see a Microraptor gliding through a climate-controlled aviary. You might pet a genetically fuzzy Psittacosaurus at a zoo (for a $5,000 ticket).
In 2025, a joint project between Harvard and the Chinese Academy of Sciences successfully mapped the entire genome of the Psittacosaurus (a small, parrot-faced dinosaur). By comparing it to the genome of its closest living relative—the humble chicken—scientists identified the "differential gene switches."
