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The bloom isn’t off this ancient plant

Fruit preserved more than 30,000 years in Siberia’s permafrost yields a living flower

By Devin Powell

- More than 2 years ago

A flower that last bloomed while mammoths walked the Earth has been reborn, regenerated from a piece of fruit frozen in Siberian permafrost.

SLEEPING BEAUTY Scientists grew this flowering plant from bits of a fruit preserved in Siberian permafrost for more than 31,000 years.