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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.
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Worms Revived after Being Frozen for Tens of Thousands of Years
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(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Tuesday July 31 2018, @04:58AM
This gives more credence to the idea that life originated outside of earth, or at least that life could very well be present all over the universe, traveling on long cold rocks.