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Amazing Images With Little Known Stories From History
Rare Collection | May 1, 2019
Nicknamed 'Methuselah' this Californian bristlecone pine tree was seeded in the year 2833 BC, which makes this tree 4,850 years old.
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This tree that can be found in Inyo National Forest’s “Forest of Ancients,”is named after the 969 year old character from the Bible. In 1957 samples from the tree pointed towards the fact that it was 4,789 years old at the time and it’s only getting older. Professor of botany, Robert Mohlenbrock, said of the tree:
Any organism that lived longer than the norm had to have optimal conditions going for it … that would mean moderate temperatures, shelter from extreme weather, and plenty of moisture and nutrients.
Well professor, Methuselah is older than the Egyptian pyramids and even though it lives in a horrible place for a tree it’s still thriving.
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