Worms Frozen for 42,000 Years in Siberian Permafrost Wriggle to Life
In Siberia, melting permafrost is releasing nematodes — microscopic worms that live in soil — that have been suspended in a deep freeze since the Pleistocene. Despite being frozen for tens of thousands of years, two species of these worms were successfully revived, scientists recently reported in a new study.
Their findings, published in the May 2018 issue of the journal Doklady Biological Sciences [DOI: 10.1134/S0012496618030079] [DX], represent the first evidence of multicellular organisms returning to life after a long-term slumber in Arctic permafrost, the researchers wrote.
Wikipedia entry on nematode.
Also at ScienceAlert, BGR, and Newsweek.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @12:43AM (4 children)
Now they done it. They finally fucking done it. The fucking scientists.
(Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Tuesday July 31 2018, @12:58AM (1 child)
Do they want a global extinction ? Because that is how you get global extinctions !
That, and poking at underground lakes on other planets [theonion.com].
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @01:51AM
for real
if they manage to get the concrete donkey or a holy hand grenade from a crate round two its over for us
(Score: 2) by Fluffeh on Tuesday July 31 2018, @03:42AM (1 child)
I recall watching the documentary about this [imdb.com] where most of the data about the thawing of these creatures is covered off around episodes eight to ten.
(Score: 2) by Mykl on Tuesday July 31 2018, @04:38AM
I was thinking more along these lines [imdb.com]...