Current Events: Ancient Flower Blooms Again

30,000 years ago, an Arctic squirrel decided to bury seeds and fruits in an underground chamber in northeastern Siberia. The ground became permafrost, which is a layer of soil that stays frozen for a long time. Recently, Russian scientists dug out those pieces of fruit. With those pieces, the scientists managed to grow plants in the lab! These plant deserves to go in the Guinness World Records because they are the oldest flowering plants that researchers have ever revived from a deep freeze. This article was released on March 16, 2012.

       The discovery that plants can be brought back to life from 30,000 years ago is amazing! Just think about what this could mean for the science world! In the future, some plants that are common today may be non-existent, such as daisies. So we could bury the plants for later use. Also, if that plant could cure some disease that we didn't know that it could, people from the future would probably be able to revive that plant and use it. Imagine the lives that plant could save! I hope that we continue discover more ancient plants, revive them, and use them to cure ourselves from sickness. It may eventually lead to preserving human life as well... who knows.