Seeds of life

[Skybird]

Israeli scientists who found a seed capsule of a date palm during archeological works at an ancient castle, have successfully brought it to life again. the plant is green, is well, and keeps on growing.

The seed is two-thousand years old.

That's what I call the power of life.

I remember ancient minicrabs, whose eggs can form capsules that survive for decades if not centuries. When the environment chnages and gets burned down, or a volcano erupts, the living crabs die, but the eggs are capable to survive even the most extreme conditioons this planet has to offer, including sulfur-saturated environments close to hot lava, and other examples of heavily intoxicated and upheated places. Put them back into some mild-tempered water a long time later, and minicrabs is what you get again.

Now consider how easily a human population is to be wiped out. Makes you think.