2005-06-12 04:00:00 PDT Kibbutz Ketura, Israel-- It has five leaves, stands 14 inches high and is nicknamed Methuselah. It looks like an ordinary date palm seedling, but for UCLA- educated botanist ...

Scientists using radiocarbon dating have confirmed that a Judean date palm seed found in the ruins of Masada and planted three years ago is 2,000 years old — the oldest seed ever to germinate. The ...

Scientists using radiocarbon dating have confirmed that a Judean date palm seed found in the ruins of Masada and planted three years ago is 2,000 years old - the oldest seed ever to germinate. The ...

Researchers report germination of seven ancient Judean date palm seeds as well as insights gained from genetic sequencing of the ancient plants. Resurrection genomics aims to answer questions about ...

Scientists using radiocarbon dating have confirmed that an ancient Judean date palm seed among those found in the ruins of Masada in present-day Israel and planted three years ago is 2,000 years old - ...

One of the date palms that was germinated from a 2,200 year old seed, now growing in Israel. (Credit: Sarah Sallon) Scientists grew seven Judean date palm trees from a few dozen 2,000-year-old seeds ...

Researchers have taken 2,000 years old date palm seeds that were gathered from archaeological sites and used them to grow viable plants. The scientists were then able to take samples of these plants ...

Two thousand years ago, the Roman Empire dominated the world, and it had a favorite fruit — dates. Ancient dates — varieties of the fruit that eventually led to the basis of the bacon-wrapped treats ...

“The seed is the word of God … But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance” (Luke 8:11,15 ...

Take a lesson from the Judean date palm. A doctor dreamed bringing the extinct fruit back to life — and she did. Dr. Sarah Sallon had a dream: to bring the Judean date palm, the tamar, back to life ...