Scientists at University of Southampton inscribed the genetic data into a 5D memory crystal equivalent to fused quartz, a type of glass that in 2014 won the Guinness World Record for the most durable data storage material.

 This "everlasting" crystal contains the entire human genome, recorded using ultra-fast lasers, and is meant to instruct future species on how to create humans.

If humanity ever goes extinct, future species could use this record as an instructional manual to recreate humans some millions,or even billions,of years from the present.