29-07-2023, 04:07 PM
The roundworms were discovered by Russian scientists inside a fossilised squirrel burrow and a deep glacial deposit near the Kolyma River in 2018, but it was unclear what they were, or how long they had been trapped in the ice.
Now genetic sequencing has shown they are an entirely new species of nematode worm which has lain dormant since the last Ice Age.
Now genetic sequencing has shown they are an entirely new species of nematode worm which has lain dormant since the last Ice Age.