Jack Horner: Building a dinosaur from a chicken

The speaker shares their lifelong dream of studying dinosaurs and their significant discoveries, including the social behavior of dinosaurs. They discuss the fictional concept of cloning dinosaurs from DNA in 'Jurassic Park' and real attempts to extract dinosaur DNA, leading to the discovery of soft tissues. The speaker explains that birds are living dinosaurs and explores methods to genetically modify chickens to resemble their dinosaur ancestors, aiming to educate about evolutionary biology.

What were the two dreams of the speaker?

How did the speaker describe their reading abilities?

What significant discoveries did the speaker make in their career?

What evidence did the speaker provide to suggest that dinosaurs were social animals?

What was the main theme of Michael Crichton's book mentioned in the text?

What process did the speaker describe for potentially creating a dinosaur?

What did the speaker find in the T. rex bone that was significant?

What characteristics of birds link them to dinosaurs according to the speaker?

What is atavism activation and how is it relevant to the speaker's research?

What is the ultimate goal of the speaker's research on chickens?