Scientists Turn Again Flowers of the Ice Age

Scientists from Russia have managed to arouse interest dating back 30 thousand years ago. Interest is the oldest plants ever recreated. Experimental scientists to generate early interest was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Starting from a squirrel burrows dug the ice age, in which they find fruit and seeds that have been trapped in the Siberian permafrost for more than 30 thousand years.

Frozen ground squirrels dig burrows to build your own hideout. Burrow size for the size of a soccer ball. In the hole, the squirrel would put straw, then will add the fur and make it an ideal storage space.

Proclaimed the Associated Press on Tuesday (2/21/2012), when the usual crop of graingrown by the scientists revive interest Silene stenophylla ancient Latin name that uses thefruit.

Their success reviving Silene stenophylla, proving that the permafrost layer serves as a natural storage place for various forms of ancient life.

“We think it is important to continue research on permafrost in search of a collection ofancient precursor gene of life, which the hypothesis has long disappeared from the surface of the Earth,” the scientists wrote in an article.

Svetlana Yashina Institute of Cell Biophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said that the plant is brought back to life it looks very similar to its modern version, and is still growingin the same region in northeastern Siberia.

“This is a very viable crop, and well adjusted,” said Yashina who led the research.

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