The Science of Jurassic World
Category: SCIENCE
As Horner explained in his 2009 book How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn't Have to be Forever (and in his TED talk on de-extinction), you can turn on dormant genes to get them to build body parts, including a dino-like tail, snout and even teeth. Because of their availability, chickens work well, so Jack intends to build what he calls a "Chickenosaurus."
By Michael Shermer, ContributorFounding publisher, Skeptic magazine; editor, Skeptic.com, 2015-06-13