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The 2000-Year-Old Seed That Still Produces

Can 2,000-year-old seeds still produce?

Israeli physician Sarah Sallon believed they could.

Ancient date palm seeds had been recovered from archaeological sites near the Dead Sea. Although the trees themselves had disappeared nearly 2,000 years ago, Sallon persuaded skeptical archaeologists to let her plant some of those ancient seeds. Many thought the idea was impossible. Continue reading

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