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2000-Year-Old Judean Date Tree Seed Sprouts
Makarand writes "A date palm seed found during archaeological excavations at King Herod's palace on Mount Masada, near the Dead Sea, and whose age was confirmed to be 2000 years by carbon dating techniques
has sprouted
into a young tree.This historic seedling which sprouted 4 weeks after planting has grown six leaves and
one has been removed for DNA tests.
Scientists hope that the unique seedling will eventually yield vital clues to the medicinal properties of the fruit of the Judean date tree chronicled in the Bible and the Quran and which was long thought to be extinct."
How the fuck is this any more off topic than the jurasic park tree escaping its pen?
You people need a fucking sense of humor you stupid fucking cunts.
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