This is from Science News on-line, April 7.
The bloom isn't off this ancient plant Fruit preserved more than 30,000 years in Siberia=92s permafrost yields a living flower By Devin Powell April 7th, 2012; Vol.181 #7 (p. 15)
SLEEPING BEAUTYScientists grew this flowering plant from bits of a fruit preserved in Siberian permafrost for more than 31,000 years.PNAS
A flower that last bloomed while mammoths walked the Earth has been reborn, regenerated from a piece of fruit frozen in Siberian permafrost.
[read the rest at Science News On-line, April 7, titled "The bloom isn't off this ancient plant".Gave me the chills to see picture of this beautiful flower and realize when it last bloomed...
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