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Friday, June 8, 2012

32,000-Year-Old Plant Reborn From Ancient Fruit Found in Siberian Ice

32,000-Year-Old Plant Reborn From Ancient Fruit
32,000-Year-Old Plant Reborn From Ancient Fruit Found in Siberian Ice - Bloomberg: "Researchers in Russia have revived a fertile plant from the remains of 32,000-year-old fruit that was found buried within the fossilized burrows of ancient squirrels deep in the Siberian ice. The resurrected plant, from an era of woolly mammoths and saber-tooth cats, is the oldest viable multicellular living organism, according to the study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It is also the first plant returned to life from permafrost conditions, researchers said."

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