Scientists have revived a 50,000 year old zombie virus that had been trapped deep within the Siberian permafrost in Russia.

Over a dozen prehistoric viruses were discovered by researchers from the French National Centre for Scientific Research.

They made the foreboding discovery within ice cores deep underground in Siberia, Russia.

The preprint study revealed 13 never-before-seen viruses that had been laying dormant within the ice for tens of thousands of years - and are now being brought back.

Researchers revived a virus that was 48,500 years old, called Pandoravirus yedoma.

However, this is not the first time the boffins have found such ancient diseases trapped within the ice.



Back in 2014, the same researchers found a 30,000-year-old virus trapped in the permafrost and found that, after all that time, it was still able to infect organisms.

Now, with the thirteen new viruses in hand, scientists are thawing them out to assess their impacts on public health.

However, the find raises a very real and worrying possible threat to the world.

As the permafrost, or permanently frozen ground, melts and thaws, the ice is releasing the chemicals and microbes that were trapped there.

This is happening more and more because of climate change and could include releasing more ancient viruses we know nothing about.

Mirror UK || Science Alert || Independent UK

Trouble dey sleep yanga go wake am.

God save us from foolish scientists.

This people won't allow sleeping dog continue sleeping

Foolish scientists

I hope this will not turn into another covid 19, what exactly are they looking for in such virus?

Maybe Putin wants to use it against the west as retaliation for losing Ukraine's war, but it will spread all over the world.

Trouble everywhere

They should just find a way to destroy these "ancient viruses" and let's have some peace!

In Revelations, the Bible foretold the invasion of pestilences, diseases, wars and drought that will plague humans towards the end times. Many scientists and politicians are being used to fulfill all these prophecies.
After the rapture, the reality will begin to affect the humans left behind

To end the world just dey hungry these people...

50000 years! Another lamba, scientist go just dey yarn dust because they know that nobody is going to debunk their lies

Pandora virus affecting zombedientz
This is a very huge discovery

Winter is coming!

White walkers says hi...

...,,

phorget:
To end the world just dey hungry these people...

Only God can do that.

Humans will die but that won't be the end of the world

This is an urchin virus

Expecting zombies outbreak.


Though we Nigerians gat no problem,even if it happens, cos we are already living with zombies and we will surely survive

Una don start abi una wan start?

Same scientists that told you that waves you do not see transfer energy and thats how they made the phone you're using to say rubbish

Ruggedniggaone:
50000 years! Another lamba, scientist go just dey yarn dust because they know that nobody is going to debunk their lies

Time to binge watch the walking dead, z-nation, all of us are dead,army of the dead

Nijablast:
Pandora virus affecting zombedientz
This is a very huge discovery

big man I hail u

U sabi

not again please

They have started again. Hope it's not to look for another reason to use mail in ballot in the US in 2024?

Even without scientists waking them up, global warming and climate change is naturally waking zombie viruses trapped in permafrosts around the poles.

It’s one of the dangers of global warming. It won’t be surprising that we might even face a pandemic as a result

Ndi ara!

The walking dead are coming to town!

Another covid

Yanga dey sleep some comrades go wake am, okay nah, nah only them and them alone go hear am in Jesus Name

strife comin sleep yanga go wake am

Humans. Always searching, searching and searching... from caves, to pyramids, to ice, to outer space, to worm holes... but the most important thing to be sought, which is how to please God, they won't