A WORM HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO LIVE AFTER 46,000 YEARS IN THE SIBERIAN PERMAFROST

Eimage House Of Entertainment WorldView and Comments Worldplay and Stories Home Of Movies House Of Video Skits Global House Of Literature SCIENTISTS HAVE BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE A WORM THAT WAS FROZEN 46,000 YEARS AGO ALL THE WHILE WHEN WOOLLY MAMMOTHS, SABRE-TOOTHED TIGERS, AND MIGHTY ELKS STILL WANDER THE EARTH. THE ROUNDWORM, OF AN EARLY UNSPECIFIED SPECIES, SURVIVED 40 METERS (131.2 FEET) BELOW THE SURFACE IN THE SIBERIAN PERMAFROST IN A INACTIVE STATE KNOWN AS CRYPTOBIOSIS, AS SPECIFIED BY TEYMURAS KURZCHALIA, PROFESSOR EMERITUS AT THE MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS IN DRESDEN AND ONE OF THE SCIENTISTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESEARCH. ORGANISMS IN A CRYPTOBIOTIC STATE CAN UNDERGO THE COMPLETE ABSENCE OF WATER OR OXYGEN AND RESIST HIGH TEMPERATURES IN ADDITION TO, FREEZING OR INTENSELY SALTY CONDITIONS. THEY STIEXISTING IN A STATES “BETWEEN DEATH A...