Can we use prehistoric DNA?

Fossilised animals found in France can be examined using advanced X-rays. More4's David Fuller investigates the DNA potential.

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Hundreds of preserved creatures, trapped for millions of years in amber, have been discovered in France.

Long-standing DNA dreams

The fossilised animals can be studied using advanced X-rays and this will shed extraordinary light on the mid-Cretaceous period.

But could it also revive long-standing dreams of using DNA from prehistoric life?

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