Just in time for the holiday of Tu B’Shevat — the Jewish holiday marking the start of the New Year of Trees, celebrated in the Land of Israel — a team of scientists from Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Switzerland and France has succeeded in germinating and growing six date palm trees from a batch of 2,000-year-old date palm seeds.
An unplanted ancient date seed from Qumran was used as a control in the study.
