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How Science Plans To Bring The Tasmanian Tiger Back From Extinction
In 2000, palaeontologist and then-director of the Australian Museum, Mike Archer, announced his plans to clone the thylacine using extracted DNA from a preserved specimen — prompting some ...
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Tasmanian tiger: Scientists hope to revive marsupial from extinction
The last known one, officially called a thylacine, died in the 1930s ... has been around for more than 20 years. In 1999, the Australian Museum started to pursue a project to clone the animal ...
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Scientists say ‘pickled’ fossil could help bring back extinct Australian marsupial
Ancient fossil specimens generally only retain short DNA sequences and little to no RNA due to degradation after an animal ...
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Prehistoric fossil in NT museum found to be new species of large carnivorous turtle
Australian and US scientists discovered a new species of prehistoric snapping turtle after re-examining an unidentified fossil on display in a Northern Territory museum. The new species ...
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Australian scientists discover ancient 'echidnapus'
The critters had combinations of features never seen before - in living or fossil monotremes, said Director of the Australian Museum Research Institute Professor Kris Helgen, who also worked on ...