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The oldest living thing?.......
........Tests by carbon-14 dating at a laboratory in Miami, Florida says that this old spruce tree discovered in Dalarna, Sweden is 9,550 years old......
The tree now growing above the finding place and the wood pieces dating 9,550 years have the exact same genetic material......
 
really ?? interesting

Archman said:


The oldest living thing?.......
........Tests by carbon-14 dating at a laboratory in Miami, Florida says that this old spruce tree discovered in Dalarna, Sweden is 9,550 years old......
The tree now growing above the finding place and the wood pieces dating 9,550 years have the exact same genetic material......
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hi that was interesting to hear , and in my own country . you learn things every day . thanks for the information.
 
Archman said:


The oldest living thing?.......
........Tests by carbon-14 dating at a laboratory in Miami, Florida says that this old spruce tree discovered in Dalarna, Sweden is 9,550 years old......
The tree now growing above the finding place and the wood pieces dating 9,550 years have the exact same genetic material......
Click to expand...

That's interesting, but some bacteria come right back to life after spending literally hundreds of millions of years in suspended animation. Scientists speculate that in that state they may in fact be immortal.

"Alive... After 250 Million Years"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/978774.stm

I love that kinda stuff
 
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