The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #171994   Message #4177885
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
28-Jul-23 - 05:10 PM
Thread Name: BS: KISS keep it simple
Subject: RE: BS: KISS keep it simple
Don's statement
Today a 46,000 year old frozen Nemotode came back to life.

The actual facts from Scentific American
In 2018 scientists announced they had discovered and revived two types of microscopic nematodes found in the Siberian permafrost, estimating they may have been 42,000 years old. Now these roundworms are the subject of more research, which posits that one of these nematode varieties represents a new species, dubbed Panagrolaimus kolymaensis for the Kolyma River where they were found. The new research, published on July 27 in the journal PLOS Genetics, also compares the Siberian worm’s survival mechanism with one found in another nematode species, Caenorhabditis elegans—a model organism used in laboratories around the world. The researchers further claim that the P. kolymaensis worms are actually 46,000 years old, based on their dating of plant matter found with these nematodes.

Need I say more?