This was a very interesting article. How do they know that the DNA is from the specific animals mentioned, especially the extinct ones?
Beau T. Jarvis Tustin, Calif.
The scientists compared the DNA they found with the genetic sequences described in GenBank, a repository of genetic information compiled by the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.
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