Archive for September 13th, 2013

The Final Nail in the Jurassic Park Coffin? Next Generation Sequencing Reveals Absence of DNA in Sub-Fossilized Insects

It is hardly possible to talk about fossil insects in amber without the 1993 movie Jurassic Park entering the debate. The idea of recreating dinosaurs by extracting DNA from insects in amber has held the fascination of the public for two decades. Claims for successful extraction of DNA from amber up to 130 million-years-old by […]