[PCA] NEWS: Tree from 2,000-year-old seed is doing well

[Olivia Kwong]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080612/ap_on_sc/sci_ancient_tree

Tree from 2,000-year-old seed is doing well
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Just over three years old and about four-feet tall, 
Methuselah is growing well. "It's lovely," Dr. Sarah Sallon said of the 
date palm, whose parents may have provided food for the besieged Jews at 
Masada some 2,000 years ago.

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