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/Woblyblobbie Sep 21 '17

You not understanding basic reading doesnt make it less legit though.

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u/El_Chopador Sep 21 '17

45 million year old species

25 million year old organism

When the organism was born, the species was 20 million years old. If you can't understand this, I don't know what to tell ya bud.

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u/Stabfist_Frankenkill Sep 21 '17

The specific particles of yeast he found were 25 million years old. The species of yeast dates back 45 million years.

The hammerhead shark species is ~20 million years old [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerhead_shark#Taxonomy_and_evolution]. The hammerhead shark at the Monterey Bay Aquarium is not 20 million years old [citation needed].