Immortal Jellyfish: A Species That Has Evolved Eternal Life?
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Humans have long been fascinated by the concept of immortality. Our most enduring myths recount the search for fountains, elixirs, holy grails, and other elusive means thought to confer of the gift of eternal life.
It has always been the stuff of legend. Then, in the summer of ‘88, a German marine biology student named Christian Sommer discovered something curious about a little-known species of jellyfish: ‘Turritopsis’ had evolved to self-regenerate—and thereby gained eternal life.