Worms #Frozen for 46,000 Years are the Oldest Known Living Animals
source: https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/worms-frozen-for-46-000-years-are-oldest-known-living-animals-70048
more: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.10.515937v1
After years of studying the genetics and morphology of the long-frozen nematodes, Shatilovich and her colleagues now claim that the reanimated worms are a previously-undescribed species—one from 46,000 years ago, making them the oldest living animals on the planet.
