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Worms from ice-age era come back to life as ice melts

Life forms in other planets - we could start by looking for nematodes

09-Jul-2019

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Roundworms come back to life as ice-age era Siberian permafrost is melted.

These frozen and thawed nematodes are estimated to be 41,000 years old.

Nematodes can survive even in environments deprived of oxygen.

Proves that life could survive extreme conditions against-all-odds.

Finding by microbiologists at University of Tennessee.

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Tatiana Vishnivetskaya

Research Assistant Professor at University of Tennessee.

The University of Tennessee

Public Research university.

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Cryonics