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Scientists grow date palm tree using 2000 year old seed

ca.news.yahoo.com — It's lovely," Dr. Sarah Sallon said of the date palm, whose parents may have provided food for the besieged Jews at Masada some 2,000 years ago. The little tree was sprouted in 2005 from a seed recovered from Masada.

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  • freezerburn666, on 06/23/2008, -5/+56didn't we learn anything from jurassic park..
  • nexus37, on 06/23/2008, -5/+45Buried for the story being as old as the seed.
  • horscategorie, on 06/23/2008, -1/+33I haven't had a date in about 2000 years either, so I can see the appeal of this.
  • chanop, on 06/23/2008, -1/+24They stuck it in some dirt
  • inactive, on 06/23/2008, -4/+24I'd like to give them this 30 year old Purple Haze seed.
  • jonshipman, on 06/23/2008, -0/+11Jurassic Park was a book first.
  • allluckysevens, on 06/23/2008, -2/+12However, the Nazis have been to the moon, and are in fact still there. This has been investigated by secretnazimoonbase.blogspot.com, and their results are that Nazi UFOs are highly likely.
  • benburned, on 06/23/2008, -1/+11I bet that the earth is both flat and only 4000 years older than the seed. Right?
  • Kohaxx, on 06/23/2008, -2/+11It starts with a preserved seed, then a cloned plant, before you know it we're going to have Jurassic Gardens on our hands.
  • beachtrader, on 06/23/2008, -1/+9Yeah, what is the fourth or fifth time it has shown up?
  • K4Lic0, on 06/23/2008, -0/+8So, you didn't read the article then? Radiocarbon dating showed the age.

    Then again, you wouldn't be trying to push that website, would you?
  • phorty40, on 06/23/2008, -1/+8i support this.
  • Hetman, on 06/23/2008, -7/+14I bet the first one to eat one of these date's gets jesus powers.
  • daemoncel1, on 06/23/2008, -0/+5miss the sarcasm much?
  • jawagas, on 06/23/2008, -0/+4Yes, you guys should have known that.
  • unorginalityftw, on 06/23/2008, -0/+4Killer ***** trees! THEY'RE COMING FOR US!
  • consonance, on 06/23/2008, -2/+6Jesus is riding it.
  • mk3k, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3Even yahoo news shows it being nearly 2 weeks old. Digg on the cutting edge again. :)
    What is with the damn captchas now every time you enter a response?
  • inactive, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3Nice. Let me keep this crazy train rolling: It was as old as time itself; it should have started, Once Upon A Time.
  • chanop, on 06/23/2008, -2/+5This is the first time I've seen it, and kind of wish I hadn't
  • jameshighmore, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3d-bag? Sir, we are on the INTERNET.
  • Hetman, on 06/23/2008, -2/+5badastronomy.com Do you believe everything you see on T.V.
  • bbqsalad, on 06/23/2008, -2/+5Hope its got lube.
  • Vosona, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3Really? I actually haven't been getting any captchas at all myself. >.>
  • inactive, on 06/23/2008, -0/+2And Piranha plants eating everyone.
  • inactive, on 06/24/2008, -1/+3Appeal? I'm sorry, you aren't authorized to use that pun. This isn't a banana story
  • WELLDOITLIVE, on 06/23/2008, -1/+3You mean Jesus
  • kahakauai, on 06/23/2008, -1/+3No pics for this article? I want to see what it looks like...
  • tcpip4lyfe, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1lol wtf happened? Why is it just a square?
  • kahakauai, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1Thanks Tcpip4lyfe - Although, I must admit. The pics aren't as exciting as I thought they might be :P
  • TheGuruStud, on 06/23/2008, -1/+2Then you're in the same predicament as believers. It has to exist first....
  • hellotyler, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1There is no picture of this mystical plant. So lame.
  • inactive, on 06/23/2008, -1/+2So much for scientists being smart....

    Dont they know they could have grown a younger seed much much more easily!!!??
  • KaJuN4, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1I learned that animatronic dinosaurs look so much better than computer generated ones.
  • gavin422, on 06/23/2008, -1/+2John Zorn unavailable for comment.
  • NotOptium, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • antdude, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1Old fart.
  • joelf, on 06/23/2008, -1/+1Scientists are still unable to palm their dates though.
  • OMnicient, on 06/24/2008, -0/+0The article says they have already done genetic tesssts on it
  • tcpip4lyfe, on 06/23/2008, -1/+1http://www.molon.de/galleries/Egypt/Farafra/images ...
  • Meursault, on 06/23/2008, -2/+2I like to imagine the old plants and fruits had better flavor, so I'm hoping they'll eat one and be all, "holy *****. Flavor Resurrection baby!"

  • philodygmn, on 06/23/2008, -1/+1Buried for being an AP story, old, and a dupe.
  • inactive, on 06/24/2008, -0/+0Yeah, we learned that it was awesome.
  • JAGUART, on 06/23/2008, -1/+1If articles like this have taught us anything, it's only a matter of time before this rare tree is hacked down and disssected.
  • FLarsen, on 06/23/2008, -2/+2Someone should mix these date seeds with rape seeds, that could be interesting.
  • STPZ, on 06/23/2008, -1/+1In other news: McCain still has hopes for more kids!
  • workingant, on 07/27/2008, -0/+0Yeah It would be nice to make gasoline our of it wouldn't it.
  • feliks2, on 06/23/2008, -2/+2Can we clone god yet?
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