How to Build a Dinosaur
by John R. Horner, James Gorman · first published 2010
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I once read a book about this: How to Build a Dinosaur: The New Science of Reverse Evolution, by Jack Horner and James Gorman. The basic idea is that dinosaur DNA is carried around by modern day chickens. The concept seemed pretty out there but the book does make a convincing argument for why…
on “Discovery of collagen in fossil bone could unlock new insights into dinosaurs” ↗I recommend reading Jack Horner's "How to build a Dinosaur", he talks about this sort of thing, namely that you can take an existing flightless bird, give it teeth, a tail, and flip the arms around and you've basically got a dinosaur. The creepy part is people…
on “What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?” ↗And now it is time to recommend an excellent book (though that book is now eleven years old and is probably becoming dated by the minute): The Science of Jurassic Park and the Lost World, or How to Build a Dinosaur by Rob DeSalle and David Lindley You don't need to have read or seen Jurassic Park to appreciate the book. At the risk of providing spoilers: The book is, ultimately, a catalog of reasons why cloning…
on “Frozen mice cloned; wooly mammoths on horizon” ↗If you're interested in that technique, check out Jack Horner's book "How to Build a Dinosaur" [1] [1] http://www.amazon.com/How-Build-Dinosaur-Science-Evolution/d...
on “Jurassic Park’s Stars Would Be Very Different If Film Made Today” ↗