Worms revived after 46,000 years in Siberian permafrost

[staarker]

Tiny worms, a species that became extinct many thousands of years ago, have been discovered in a layer of permafrost near the Kolyma River in northeastern Russia.

A group of scientists, including Russian researchers from the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and German scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, managed to thaw the worms, and astonishingly, they came back to life.

In reality, these worms were not dead; they were in a state of cryptobiosis, where all biological processes in their bodies were suspended.

The dating of the layer in which these worms were found indicated that it was approximately 46 thousand years old, making it a record for the survival of a complex living creature and worthy of consideration for the Guinness Book of Records.

The discovered worms belonged to a species entirely unknown to scientists from the nematode family Panagrolaimidae, believed to have long since died out. In honor of the Kolyma River, the scientists named the worms Panagrolaimus kolymaensis.

https://anomalien.com/worms-revived-aft ... ermafrost/

[kingsnite]

I've heard about some species like the triops and some species of fish having eggs that can survive for years in suspended animation, but never anything this long. They should definitely study these worms. For all we know, this could be the answer to immortality.

[jasmine]

I've heard about some species like the triops and some species of fish having eggs that can survive for years in suspended animation, but never anything this long. They should definitely study these worms. For all we know, this could be the answer to immortality.

If human beings want to become immortal they should also kill their reproductive power. Otherwise, people will continuously be born but there will be no death, thus the earth will be full of humans, and life will be difficult.
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What's the point of bringing it back to life? What if it starts devouring every thing (because it had survived for such a long time)

[kingsnite]

I've heard about some species like the triops and some species of fish having eggs that can survive for years in suspended animation, but never anything this long. They should definitely study these worms. For all we know, this could be the answer to immortality.

If human beings want to become immortal they should also kill their reproductive power. Otherwise, people will continuously be born but there will be no death, thus the earth will be full of humans, and life will be difficult.
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What's the point of bringing it back to life? What if it starts devouring every thing (because it had survived for such a long time)

You make a great point. Before we should attempt to try to reach immortality, we should first have a serious conversation about population limits.