Russian worms frozen for nearly 42,000 years are alive, say scientists

Scientists say that frozen worms in permafrost in eastern Russia have been alive and eating for nearly 42,000 years.

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A pair of nematodes – roundworms – are apparently alive after being frozen in permafrost for nearly 42,000 years.

Russian scientists said that the two prehistoric worms, about a group of about 300, were moving and ate back to life in a laboratory at the Institute of Physico-Chemical and Biological Problems of the Soil science in Moscow, the Siberian Times reported: "After being thawed, nematodes showed signs of life," according to a report by Russian scientists. , according to the Siberian Times.

One of the worms was found near the Alazeya River in 2015 and it would be about 41,700 years old, according to the study published in the Doklady Biological Sciences. They were found about 11.5 feet underground.

The other worm was found in 2002 in a fossilized rodent burrow near the Kolyma River. The worms were found near the Pleistocene Park, the site of an experimental project aimed at recreating the habitat of the extinct woolly mammoth, according to The Sun.

100 TAPEWORM EGGS FOUND "Our data demonstrate the ability of multicellular organisms to survive long-term (tens of thousands of years) cryobiosis under the conditions of natural cryopreservation," reported a report provided to National Institute of Cryopreservation. at Fox News said.