in this case they learned that yes, recreating huge predators and letting people go on poorly secured safari next to them does indeed result in people being violently killed.
I somehow don’t think this experiment would pass an ethics committee in real life…
Sure you can. They found dna sequences. If they found enough to build a complete genome, they could compare. (yes yes I know they cannonically did not have enough, but you can learn a lot from an incomplete picture)
You can always learn from experimentation.
in this case they learned that yes, recreating huge predators and letting people go on poorly secured safari next to them does indeed result in people being violently killed.
I somehow don’t think this experiment would pass an ethics committee in real life…
You can learn on extant animals which would give you real results, not extinct animals that you have no chance of confirming your findings.
Sure you can. They found dna sequences. If they found enough to build a complete genome, they could compare. (yes yes I know they cannonically did not have enough, but you can learn a lot from an incomplete picture)