Scientists revive ancient 24,000-year-old ‘zombie worm’ from Arctic ice — then it reproduced
Scientists have successfully revived a 24,000-year-old microscopic organism from Siberian permafrost, offering new insight into how life can endure extreme conditions over vast stretches of time.According to a study published in the journal Current Biology, researchers identified the organism as a rotifer — a tiny, multicellular animal often found in freshwater environments and known for its unusual durability.The specimen had been frozen deep within Siberian permafrost since the Late Pleistocene, […]