Jurassic Park breakthrough as DNA found preserved in dinosaur skull
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dailystar.co.ukPalaentologists have found DNA inside a 75 million-year-old dinosaur fossil – in a discovery that has echoes of hit blockbuster film Jurassic Park.
Scientists say they have found evidence of cartilage cells, proteins, chromosomes and even DNA were found within pieces of skull belonging to a Hypacrosaurus – a herbivore that lived in the Cretaceous period.
Experts examining the fragments say the genetic material is extremely well preserved, with a cartilage cell that contains structures that resemble chromosomes.
The researchers, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and North Carolina State University, announced their find in a recently-published scientific paper.
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