Ice Agemammothscience30,000 year-old plant reborn (Mammoth, we're waiting for you)Eileen MarableTuesday, February 21, 2012 - 7:00am Scientists have successfully germinated a plant from an Ice Age fruit found squirrel burrow deep in the Russian permafrost. At 30,000 years old, the plant material is the oldest plant to ever be revived.