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		flashman on July 27, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years ... Yes, poor article, it's not 300 worms but 300 permafrost samples, of which two contained an unspecified number of viable nematodes :https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134%2FS00124966180... > We analyzed more than 300 samples of permafrost deposits of different ages and origins, buried soils and fossil rodent burrows. Two samples were shown to contain viable nematodes.

pmiller2 on July 27, 2018 [–]

It does say “They are both believed to be female,” so, unless it’s a translation error, it’s referring to 2 worms, not 2 samples.

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