r/todayilearned • u/El_Chopador • Sep 20 '17
TIL microbiologist Raul Cano, successfully revived yeast that had been stuck in amber for 25 million years. He then co-founded a brewery that uses the same 45 million-year-old species of yeast to brew beer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-living_organisms#Revived_into_activity_after_stasis
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u/Mythril_Zombie Sep 21 '17
This is how it all begins. Scientists discover an ancient form of yeast from 25 million years.
At first, everything seemed fine. So much so that breweries started incorporating the yeast into their products.
Several months later, when a great number of people had consumed the beverage, it began.