Thats what fascinated me about this. We already breed animals for certain traits, and we can now map genes. Breeding existing animals to match a gene map of a bygone animal is a whole new area.
This is one of our brain's "shortcuts" that let us process more information using fewer resources than a mechanical brain would require. If we had to observe every bit of information individually before we could form a brain picture, we'd never be able to process it fast enough to drive and stuff.
When I was a kid, I wanted a fallout shelter so bad... I was scared of nuclear radiation, and besides how COOL would it be? But all I got were troll dolls. Now I have a kid who can't get enough of those nasty wall walkers!
I would think that 98% of people would look at this and think its too difficult to try! But if everyone just made a random guess, 20% would get it correct.
Fascinating! I remember the Tasasday, and the moths, but I never knew they turned out to be frauds. The bigger headlines come from the original stories. The followups probably got buried on page ten.
You should put the word out for someone who speaks Mandarin or Cantonese.