2,000-year-old palm seed germinates

June 13, 2005 D. H. McKee

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Israeli scientists say they’ve succeeded in growing a sapling from what’s believed to be the oldest seed ever germinated — a date palm seed 2,000 years old.
One of the scientists leading the project said she hopes the ancient DNA from the seed will reveal medicinal secrets that have disappeared from the modern plant.
Sarah Sallon, of the Louis Borick Natural Medicine Research Centre in Jerusalem, said on the weekend that her team used seeds from archeological excavations at Masada, the ancient fortress where Jewish rebels committed mass suicide rather than be captured by the Romans in AD 73.
CBC News: 2,000-year-old palm seed germinates

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