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Genetic Time Capsules and DNA Durability

Seeds Sprouting After 3,000 Years

Jan Otte

  What do you get when archaeologists find a cache of ancient seeds buried deep in frozen soil? Something that shouldn’t be possible according to our understanding of biology. Yet scientists have managed to resurrect plants from seeds that predate the Roman Empire, proving that life can remain dormant far longer than anyone imagined. These ...