i literally had this discussion like a week ago on lemmy where i argued that extinct animals can be brought back to life with genetic engineering techniques.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

If we had any genetic material of dinos, we wouldn't have to guess from fossilized remains.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 0 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

But then it's not the same animal so it is not brought back. Like the dire wolf they brought back something that looks like one.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 2 points 16 hours ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus