46,000-year-old worms revived from permafrost belong to new species

A microscope image of the newly described species, Panagrolaimus kolymaensis, which has been revived from 46,000-year-old permafrost

In what sounds like the opening scenes of a disaster movie, scientists recently revived worms frozen in the permafrost since the Ice Age. Now, these worms have been attributed to a new species, and seem to have passed down their incredible hibernation genes to modern relatives.

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