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by Cthulhu_ 459 days ago
Probably not, not nearly enough material remained to make an accurate clone. The article mentions 70% recovery rate; according to the internet, humans share 98% of DNA with chimpanzees (and 35% with daffodils), so unless you have 100% or 99.9999% of the DNA, the clone will be imperfect at best and a Thing That Should Not Be at worst.