How 46,000-year-old Worms came back to life

“It’s super fascinating finally to suddenly see life, living animals crawling out of a piece of soil that has been deep frozen for 46,000 years.”

Dr. Philipp Schiffer and his research team have ‘revived’ 46,000-year-old worms.

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[dpelpal]

One of the worms poked its head out and screamed "Kyiv in THREE 🤣

[MoebiusUK]

Evidence that lifeforms 'may' be able to travel across space in frozen meteors from one planet to another?

[alainlefebvre]

What could POSSIBLY go wrong?

Wait!!! Are these ruZZscist biolabs???

[patrikfloding]

Well, there's only one way to find out: Swallow one. And then wait and see if "Alien" happens.

[tunkunrunk]

this worm is the key to astronauts cryosleep , for exploring distant stars .

[femibabalola]

Has anyone named the worm yet? How about Rip Van Winkle?

[thesuncollective]

They are super human. Ice Worms are incredible

[BibleTumper]

If you think there's no immortality in our world, in the universe, and outside of it, then you're wrong.

[wayneparkinson]

We know what's going to inherit the earth in the end bacteria rules over us all?

[trevormegson]

We are nothing but late comers with no appreciation of evolution. We think we are it, and that is our downfall in action. Gaia Rules. Earth is an infinitesimal cell in the whole thing. Whatever it is.

[daetyme]

these are the aliens we always worried about! strike from within! and true to form, WE revived them! War of the Worlds! tomorrow.

[Nowwheels]

Ooh this is is interesting but i suppose something dodgy could be revived but then if anything started up there would be the usual denials 😂 its a wonder we are all alive considering what catastrophes can befall us. Just put it out there mate! 😂

[johnnyd]

If nature selects an animal for extinction then maybe we should just leave it alone. Work on extending human life, not worms.

[brianquigley]

Questionable reporting... much as I want it to be true... the study carbon dated the vegetation, but NOT the nematodes!!! So, this is more sloppy journalism. What happened to the Times?

[discerningacumen]

The title itself is a lie, trying to deceive others. So wicked.

[j.jester]

Utter nonsense. Anyone with any kind of reasoning skills can see this is not true. Either a mistake by researchers or intentional lies to drum up more money.

[CONTACTLIGHTTOMMY]

The worms' first words...

"What the fck happened to Bruce Jenner"?