Nematodes Awaken after 40000 Years

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Biological longevity of multicellular life in extreme environments
In an amazing article by Shatilovich et al. (2018) multicellular organisms (in this case nematodes or small roundworms) were thawed back to life from Siberian permafrost demonstrating the amazing survivability of life in extreme conditions. As speculation, it certainly seems quite feasible that meteor impacts could eject simple life to other planets/moon in the Solar System.

Read the research article here - Viable Nematodes from Late Pleistocene Permafrost of the Kolyma River Lowland

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