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May. 3, 2021 10:03 PM
Reincarnating an extinct species by using cloned DNA extraction from corpses or miraculously preserved ancient seeds has not happened yet. But now science has announced the resurrection of the “extinct population” of Judean date palms using all-but-miraculously preserved seeds from around 2,000 years ago.
They didn’t resurrect an extinct species, mark you. There is only one species of date and it’s not extinct.
This whole line of research began by wondering what the dates of Judea, extolled in ancient literature, were like. Now we know, because the team also carried out genetic analysis of this resurrected vegetation, Muriel Gros-Balthazard, Khaled Hazzouri, Sylvie Ferrand and Jonathan Flowers of the New York University outlet in Abu Dhabi, Frederique Aberlenc of the University of Montpellier, Sarah Sallon of the Hadassah Medical Organization and Michael Purugganan of NYU New York report