Seed from ancient extinct plant planted and brought back to life
Israeli scientists have successfully gotten a 2000-year-old seed of an extinct date plant to grow and now reproduce.
Methuselah sprouted back in 2005, when agriculture expert Solowey germinated his antique seed. It had been pulled from the remains of Masada, an ancient fortification perched on a rock plateau in southern Israel, and at the time, no one could be sure that the plant would thrive. But he has, and his recent reproductive feat helps prove just how well he’s doing.
For a while, the Judean date palm was the sole representative of his kind: Methuselah’s variety was reportedly wiped out around 500 A.D. But Solowey has continued to grow date palms from ancient seeds discovered in the region, and she tells National Geographic that she is “trying to figure out how to plant an ancient date grove.” Doing so would allow researchers to better understand exactly what earlier peoples of the region were eating and how it tasted.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
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Israeli scientists have successfully gotten a 2000-year-old seed of an extinct date plant to grow and now reproduce.
Methuselah sprouted back in 2005, when agriculture expert Solowey germinated his antique seed. It had been pulled from the remains of Masada, an ancient fortification perched on a rock plateau in southern Israel, and at the time, no one could be sure that the plant would thrive. But he has, and his recent reproductive feat helps prove just how well he’s doing.
For a while, the Judean date palm was the sole representative of his kind: Methuselah’s variety was reportedly wiped out around 500 A.D. But Solowey has continued to grow date palms from ancient seeds discovered in the region, and she tells National Geographic that she is “trying to figure out how to plant an ancient date grove.” Doing so would allow researchers to better understand exactly what earlier peoples of the region were eating and how it tasted.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Its amazing how tenacious life can be.
Unrelated but related:
http://www.newsweek.com/patrick-moore-scientist-who-offered-and-then-refused-drink-glyphosate-weed-317289
A few story’s back the conversation was focused on GMO’s and Round Up. This Doctor who for some reason thought and stated it was wise to suggest that Round Up was not harmful and offered to drink a glass of it. However during an interview on the subject the French interviewer offered him just that, a glass of Glyophosphate (Round Up) to drink, he refused. I wonder why?
People thought he was a front man for Monsanto but apparently is not, so why if he said what he said wouldn’t he drink even a tiny little bit of it if he really thought it not harmful in any way? In addition Round Up was recently listed as a probable carcinogen.
Neat story.
Ty for your post. It would seem that all leading science organizations that back GMO/round up/Glyphosate also back man made global warming.
http://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/climateGMO1page.jpg
Monsanto’s motto is “scientifically safe.” I personally like Robert’s motto of The “uncertainty of science.” Scientifically safe is the Conman’s equivalent to “trust me.”
Here is the best evidence I have seen yet of roundups legacy. Cause and effect evidence such as this can no longer be covered up.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j42Iyh-MOXA
The doctor talks for over an hour that gives detailed analysis of roundups effect on Environment as well as the food that we are eating. If you don’t have time to watch, skip the how and why in the beginning and watch the results in the end. It is “scientifically” proven to be an premature aging product that will shorten lifespans and damage the ecology.
… “pulled from the remains of Masada.”
How appropriate.