Vietnamese researchers extract DNA from ancient animal bone for first time By Nguyen Xuan  January 9, 2021 | 05:00 pm GMT+7 Samples and relics are retrieved from a volcanic cave in Krong No District, Dak Nong Province. Photo by VnExpress. A research team from the Central Highlands science program has managed to extract DNA from ancient animal bones for the first time in Vietnam. The three-year research, part of the 2016-2020 Central Highlands Program, a scientific program entailing dozens of scientific missions to develop the region’s socio-economic situation, extracted the DNA of an animal that lived thousands of years from a bone found in a volcanic cave in Krong No District, Dak Nong Province, the team said on Friday.