What Kenneth Lacovara has said about Jurassic Park
2 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 12, 2026
Kenneth Lacovara, American paleontologist, founding dean of Rowan University's School of Earth & Environment and director of the Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park, author of "Why Dinosaurs Matter", has been quoted on Jurassic Park 2 times in 1 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, most recently on November 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Lacovara states that no non-avian dinosaur DNA has been recovered, making Jurassic Park-style cloning impossible.
“We don't have any non-avian dinosaur DNA. We don't have any DNA that's that old”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2580 - Kenneth Lacovara (Nov 12, 2026) · Listen from 10:06
Lacovara says the first Jurassic Park film reflected state-of-the-art science apart from its oversized Velociraptor, but later films froze 1993-era models.
“that first Jurassic Park movie like that was state of the art science, you know, except for that”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2580 - Kenneth Lacovara (Nov 12, 2026) · Listen from 32:37
Episodes
#2580 - Kenneth LacovaraThe Joe Rogan Experience · Nov 12, 2026 · 2 h 27 min
Joe Rogan talks with paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara about dinosaur denialism, fossilization, Dreadnoughtus, the asteroid extinction, deep time, de-extinction and fieldwork adventures.
Kenneth Lacovara on other topics
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- Fossilization · 2 quotes
- Dinosaur denialism · 2 quotes
- Hadrosaurus · 1 quote
- Bone Wars · 1 quote
- Prehistoric Planet · 1 quote
- De-extinction · 1 quote
- Cryptozoology · 1 quote