30,000 Year Old Plant Brought Back to Life

This plant became extinct thousands of years ago, and was brought back to life by the Russia scientists.  These scientists.  They were able to grow these plants by its seed.  This seed is thought to have been frozen 30,000 years ago by the help of some Ice Age squirrels.  Experts believe that this Silene stenophylla is the oldest plant material to be brought back to life.  The fruit was found in the banks of the Kolyma River in Siberia.  It was discovered by a group that were looking for mammoth bones and came across this seed.  This is the second time that they tried to bring the Silene stenophylla back to life, as the first time failed.  They are hoping that tin the future they will be able to use the same types of techniques to bring animals like the mammoth back from extinction.    

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