30,000 Year Old Plant

 
Russian scientists have successfully revived a 30,000 year old plant from seed cells dug up in the Siberian permafrost. Their findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Maybe they can also revive the little squirrel that buried those seeds... Okay that's a little less likely, but ice certainly has a way of preserving cells. Carbon dating on the seeds themselves came back at 31,800 years. It makes you wonder what other treasures are buried in the vast frozen soil that covers such a large majority of our planet. The plant, once grown, bore fruit and seeds the same as any modern day plant. Interesting stuff... Now let's revive a mammoth.