The roundworm, of a previously unknown species, survived 40 meters below the surface in the Siberian permafrost in a dormant state known as cryptobiosis.
The roundworm, of a previously unknown species, survived 40 meters below the surface in the Siberian permafrost in a dormant state known as cryptobiosis.
Experts resurrected ancient worms frozen for about 46,000 years in Siberian permafrost. The researchers revived the worms by giving them water and food. Read here.