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Published online 18 April 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030414-11
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Siberia yields oldest authenticated DNA
400,000-year-old plant sequence pulled from the permafrost.
The oldest verified sample of DNA has been pulled from soil deep within the permafrost of Siberia.
The DNA belonged to grasses, sedges and shrubs estimated to be between 300,000 and 400,000 years old1.
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