Prehistoric plant grown from frozen seed.

[Steep]

and apparently they found thousands more.

Pleistocene-Era Plant Revived from Siberian Permafrost

A team of scientists claims that they've revived a plant from the Pleistocene era, which lived 32,000 to 28,000 years ago. Silene stenophylla was revived after it had been ingested by an arctic ground squirrel roughly 32,000 years ago. The seeds from the herbaceous Silene stenophylla have been re

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[Plain Nev]

I like stuff like that. It's fascinating. As long as they don't unearth any Triffids.

 

[JonathanRyan]

Yeah, I think I've seen this movie........raptors, they bred raptors.

 

[Nod]

That's what the Russians were hoping would come from the seeds. Either raptors or that BAAAAAAAD mofo the scientists made that was auctioned off by the detectorist...

 

[Plain Nev]

There's a bit of mad scientist in me. I'd love to see how these things thrive, and if they can be incorporated into a modern environment.

 

[the black fox]

Didn’t the Israelis do this a few years back when they unearthed a biblical era urn with I think it was date seeds ? in it of a variety that was exstinct ,think they started with one tree now have lots of them

 

[Cobra]

I urge caution with reviving stuff ...

 

[Plain Nev]

Didn’t the Israelis do this a few years back when they unearthed a biblical era urn with I think it was date seeds ? in it of a variety that was exstinct ,think they started with one tree now have lots of them

Yes, they did. Not nearly as old as the Siberian plant though. Still, it's all good for bio-diversity.