How a ‘putrid’ find in a museum cupboard could be the key to bringing the Tasmanian tiger back to life

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/17/how-a-putrid-find-in-a-museum-cupboard-could-be-the-key-to-bringing-the-tasmanian-tiger-back-to-life

They found a 110 year old thylacine head in a bucket of ethanol in the back of a cupboard in a museum with RNA intact.

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Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
They should careful make a park… Maybe an island that people can visit like a zoo. WCGW?

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- disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  They could call it Pleistocene Park.
  
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