Russian Scientists Grow a 32,000-Year-Old Plant
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Russian Scientists Grow a 32,000-Year-Old Plant

The oldest plant to be regenerated has been grown from 32,000-year-old seeds, beating the previous record holder by 30,000 years. Russian scientists discovered seeds of Silene Stenophylla, a flowering plant in Siberia. An Ice Age squirrel buried the seeds in the permafrost near the banks of the Kolyma River. Radiocarbon dating confirmed they were 32,000 […] The post Russian Scientists Grow a 32,000-Year-Old Plant appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.