Scientists cannot directly use dinosaur DNA to reverse-engineer dinosaurs because DNA breaks down too quickly over time. While blood vessels and soft tissues from dinosaurs have been found, extracting DNA has been unsuccessful. Instead, the document proposes reverse-engineering dinosaurs using chickens, as chickens are descendants of dinosaurs.

1. How do we reverse-engineer a
dinosaur from a chicken?
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2. Why not use dino-DNA?
• Finding dinosaur DNA has proven to be
unsuccessful.
• Blood vessels and soft tissues have been
recovered.
• DNA breaks down too fast.
• Reverse-engineer from chickens instead.
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