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The thylacine was considered a good proof-of-concept target for the team, an idea that clearly paid off given the results. But researchers’ understanding of extinct and extant viruses could also benefit from this type of RNA recovery.

“In the future, we may be able to recover RNA not only from extinct animals, but also RNA virus genomes such as SARS-CoV2 and their evolutionary precursors from the skins of bats and other host organisms held in museum collections”,
With the number of extinct creatures that sit in museums, RNA recovery from other species may soon follow that of the thylacine. Old DNA studies have come a long way in recent years—both in animals but also in human population studies—and similarly antique RNA studies may soon follow.