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Worms come back to life after 42,000 years
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 8:14 pm
by coominya
I hope they don't harbor any nasties.
Nematodes moving and eating again for the first time since the Pleistocene age in major scientific breakthrough, say experts.
http://siberiantimes.com/science/casest ... k-to-life/
Re: Worms come back to life after 42,000 years
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:36 pm
by billbillt
Myself.. This could cause problems.. Let's trust they know what they are doing...
BillT
Re: Worms come back to life after 42,000 years
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:57 am
by coominya
The way the permafrost is melting up there we'll no doubt see a lot more of this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4egirgxDCA0
Re: Worms come back to life after 42,000 years
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 12:57 pm
by billbillt
Certainly.. Some of it will turn out to be very interesting....
Re: Worms come back to life after 42,000 years
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:52 pm
by PeteM
Wonder if some fraction of humans, like those worms, who've had their bodies frozen will see the light of day some decades or centuries from now??
Re: Worms come back to life after 42,000 years
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:03 pm
by Rodney
May not cause anymore nasties than is around today, people can and do die from flesh eating bacteria, just a starter.
Advanced Human population and polution is a big cause of ALL or most of the problems we have today. Anything from 42,000 years ago is a lot less of this.
No doubt species have been around for millions of years and many are extinct now.
Very interesting study with the nematodes and the scientist that are doing this work.
Rodney,,
Re: Worms come back to life after 42,000 years
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 5:57 am
by GaryB
That is just incredible, I hope they find some water bears too because I can't imagine tardigrades letting nematodes get away with holding the record
Re: Worms come back to life after 42,000 years
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 1:31 pm
by billbillt
Actually I find all of this very exciting.. I am sure this is all being done under controlled conditions to ensure nothing is released that could harm life on Earth.. There are some virulent diseases that have gone dormant.. Yersinia pestis being one of the most famous ones..
Skeletons in a mass grave from 1720–1721 in Martigues, France, yielded molecular evidence of the orientalis strain of Yersinia pestis, the organism responsible for bubonic plague.
Re: Worms come back to life after 42,000 years
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:12 pm
by billbillt
PeteM wrote:Wonder if some fraction of humans, like those worms, who've had their bodies frozen will see the light of day some decades or centuries from now??
I hope it does not take that long..
Re: Worms come back to life after 42,000 years
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 5:24 pm
by billbillt
GaryB wrote:That is just incredible, I hope they find some water bears too because I can't imagine tardigrades letting nematodes get away with holding the record
Hi Gary B.
I agree.. As tough as tradigrades are, surely some have survived for centuries under the correct conditions..
The Best,
BillT