Scientists have regenerated a plant from 30,000 year old frozen plant cells. I love things like this. It looks so ordinary, like something I might find in my backyard.
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February 22nd, 2012 - 9:20 am
Actually, 30,000 years, as far as flowering plants go, is not THAT long. Prior to the last Ice Age but it’s just about the time Neanderthals went extinct…it’s a Silene, a genus that exists today (but not that particular species). Still, it’s interesting.
I’ve also heard of extremely old seeds (like, 100s of years) being germinated off of herbarium sheets.