40,000-year old worms revived from Siberian permafrost

The Siberian permafrost is famous for preserving the remains of life from the Pleistocene period, but it's really outdone itself this time. Two worms frozen for around 40,000 years have now been thawed and revived, making them the oldest living creatures on the planet and the first multicellular organisms to have survived such long-term cryobiosis.

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Category: Biology

Tags:

• Cryopreservation
• History
• Life
• Micro-organisms
• Russia

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