An organism comes back to life after being frozen in Siberia for 24,000 years

Life has returned to a multicellular microorganism that had been frozen for 24,000 years in Siberia, according to a new study.

Scientists extracted the animal, which belongs to the family of rotifers, from the Eliza River.

After thawing, the organism was able to reproduce asexually, after spending thousands of years in a frozen state known as cryptic vitality.

According to the BBC, previous research showed that these organisms can survive frozen for up to ten years

But the new study, published in the journal Current Biology on Monday, indicates that it can survive for thousands of years, if not forever.

Speaking to the Associated Press news agency, Stash Malavin of the Russian Institute of Physical/Chemical and Biological Issues in Soil Sciences, said: “The idea here is that a multicellular organism can be frozen for thousands of years and then brought back to life..(It is) the dream of many fiction writers. ”

He added that more research is needed to find out how to achieve this achievement.

During the study, scientists froze and thawed dozens of animals in the laboratory to research the process

Radiocarbon dating determined the lifespan of the returning organism to range between 23,960 and 24,485 years.

This species of rotifer lives in freshwater environments around the world

He is known for his ability to withstand difficulties.

It is also, according to the New York Times, one of the most radioactive animals on Earth.

The paper notes that it can also withstand lack of oxygen, starvation, high acidity and years of dehydration

Reports indicate that there are other multicellular organisms that come back to life after thousands of years, including nematodes, as well as some plants and algae.

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