Participating in Creation

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In early 2012, a group of Russian scientists discovered a seed cache of Silene stenophylla — a flowering plant native to Siberia — that were radiocarbon dated to be approximately 32,000 years old. The team carefully extracted the tissue from the frozen seeds and successfully germinated the plants. They grew, flowered, and, after a year, created seeds of their own.

Whether one year or 32,000, the fact…