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Re: Judean date palm brought back from extinction
« Reply #25 on: February 17, 2020, 08:51:12 PM »
No known living examples isn’t a terrible definition of extinct.

Speculation is that it was regional climate change.
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Re: Judean date palm brought back from extinction
« Reply #26 on: February 17, 2020, 09:19:11 PM »
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Re: Judean date palm brought back from extinction
« Reply #27 on: February 17, 2020, 09:19:52 PM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on February 17, 2020, 08:45:02 PM
Considering they found old seeds, I am not sure if it qualifies as extinct.  Pretty close though.

So anyone know why it went extinct?  Is it hard to grow?

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Re: Judean date palm brought back from extinction
« Reply #28 on: February 17, 2020, 10:10:15 PM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on February 17, 2020, 08:45:02 PM
Considering they found old seeds, I am not sure if it qualifies as extinct.  Pretty close though.

So anyone know why it went extinct?  Is it hard to grow?

Wikipedia has some explanations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judean_date_palm
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