The oldest tree ever known was killed in the act of knowing ... could live up to 5,150 years—just shy of the age of the Earth according to biblical chronologies. This was nothing more than ...

The Old Tjikko, the world's oldest tree, has been around for 9,550 years, surviving even during the last Ice Age. The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine is another ancient tree, estimated to be 5,071 ...

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The only certainty is that Currey did have permission to cut down what was discovered to be the oldest tree on record. Now known as Prometheus, the tree was found to be nearly 5,000 years old.

Trees are vital to human life – they are some of the oldest known living organisms on earth, Leaf & Limb reports. Over centuries, some trees have managed to survive world wars and natural disasters.

a 4,853-year-old specimen some say is the oldest living tree on Earth, remained free of the insects. “We’re lucky — there’s no sign of the beetles in these trees,” MacKenzie told a ...

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