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Nematode resurrected from Siberian permafrost laid dormant for 46,000 years
(www.eurekalert.org)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I wonder what would have occurred afterwards, since DNA degrades pretty much completely in a couple thousand years. Did the cold weather Protect the genetic code, or do these creatures have something to protect their genetic code?
Also makes me think of the oxygen catastrophe and the ice age that followed. Overwhelming majorities of all life died out, but I assume some of what survived has traits like this?