Spartacus, Galapogas Tortoises...try seeds...amazing:
Extinct date palms grown from 2000-year-old seeds found near Jerusalem
An extinct variety of date palm tree has been grown from ancient seeds preserved in the Judean desert for 2000 years, the oldest seeds ever germinatedwww.newscientist.com
Plant blooms after 30,000 years in permafrost
A plant that last flowered when woolly mammoths roamed the plains is back in bloom – and has become the oldest plant ever to be resurrected
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