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Oldest Living Tree Found in Sweden

news.nationalgeographic.com — The world's oldest known living tree, a conifer that first took root at the end of the last Ice Age, has been discovered in Sweden, researchers say.

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  • inactive, on 04/21/2008, -0/+1It can date your a55 correctly.
  • jamiesc, on 04/15/2008, -1/+1Found this story through http://infoaddict.com. It's amazing that a tree could live that long in such a place. I would have thought the need for firewood or building materials had destroyed any tree that old long ago.
  • Mom2GIQM, on 04/18/2008, -2/+1Carbon-dating is junk science. It has never passed the test with known-age items, so how can it be relied upon for unknown-age items?

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