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Scientists have confirmed that a 26ft tall, tree-trunk-shaped organism, first discovered in Scotland in 1843, isn't a fungus or plant, but an entirely distinct evolutionary branch of life (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Soooo.... let's clone it and see what happens!

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Fossils don't typically contain DNA

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 2 points 23 hours ago

Easy there, Hammond!