Thread:Jurassic Park Treasury/@comment-11047508-20130610075940/@comment-1259419-20130628090635

I'm so sorry I don't respond often to questions. I'm still kinda busy to finish my Masters.

1. I don't know what I said. What I mean is this. Before Schweitzer et al proved proteins were present in T. rex bones, regression models (like Allentoft made) had predicted that dino proteins could never survive into modern age. Therefore, I dare to doubt that Allentoft's model proves DNA can't survive into modern age.

2. In Allentoft's paper you see a table that lists how the half-life time of DNA differs at different conservation temperatures. In my DNA in Ice I have written a half-life time of DNA in Antarctic ice. Which is much longer than Allentofts estimate for -5 degree preservation.

3. I've read the introductions and stuff of articles. From that I (for example) see that conclusions of articles contradict each other. Pruvost's DNA seems to contradict Allentoft's model. Allentoft doesn't defend his models. Therefore, I dare to doubt that Allentoft's model is a closed case. Coupled with the DNA in dino bones, I'm very skeptic. However, to be sure I have to read precisely how the regression and stuff is done.