this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2024
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[โ€“] protist@mander.xyz 67 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Here's a much better source for this than Popular Mechanics.

[โ€“] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Yes, the title is complete BS. The half life of DNA alone is ~500 years.

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