August 4 , 2023
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- Scientists discovered and reanimated two kinds of frozen microscopic nematodes or roundworms in Siberia five years ago.
- They were brought back to life from Siberian permafrost
- These worms were frozen since the late Pleistocene era between 45,839 and 47,769 years ago.
- One of them is an entirely new species that has never before been discovered.
- Many animals like nematodes, and more famously, tardigrades, can survive extreme conditions by entering a dormant state called “cryptobiosis.
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