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Welcome to the companion Web site to "Methuselah Tree," originally broadcast on December 11, 2001. Marked by striking imagery and a poetic style, the film dramatizes the life cycle of the world's oldest living thing, the bristlecone pine of California's White Mountains.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/
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It's hard enough to accept that a tree that was a seedling before the Egyptian Pyramids went up is still alive today, as is the case with the Methuselah Tree, a bristlecone pine more than 46 centuries old. But it's truly baffling to learn under what conditions it has accomplished this extraordinary feat.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/long.html
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/long.html
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Earth's oldest living inhabitant "Methuselah" at 4,767 years, has lived more than a millennium longer than any other tree. Discover how these trees were found and where they live. Learn of their unique strategies for survival.
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Methuselah beats out the previous oldest-seed record holder, a lotus tree grown from a 1,300-year-old seed in 1995 by Jane Shen-Miller, a botanist at the University of California, Los Angeles, and colleagues.
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news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080612-oldest-...
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One of a handful of 2,000-year-old seeds (top) from the fortress of Masada in present-day Israel grew into a date palm plant (bottom) called Methuselah in 2005. A study released in June 2008 confirms the plant is the oldest sprouted seed in the world.
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news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/59161764.htm...
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Schulman wrote about one in National Geographic, saying, “we hardened our hearts,” and cut a specimen similar to but somewhat younger than the Methuselah Tree. In fact, he cut three specimens. But memory is not always accurate.
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www.terrain.org/essays/14/cohen.htm
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Botany or Plant Biology question: What does the Methuselah Tree look like? Methuselah (estimated germination 2832 BC) is a bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of California, which, at 4,838 years ... Where is methuselah? How old is methuselah? Methuselah tree details? Where is the Methuselah? What is a methuselah tree?
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wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_Methuselah_Tree_look_l...
wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_Methuselah_Tree_look_like
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The Methuselah tree is a redwood tree on Skyline Blvd. south of King's Mountain . The tree is thought to have been 1,000 years old when America was discovered in 1492. The tree is more than 55 feet around.
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www.smfc.k12.ca.us/class/smconline/meth.html
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Learn about the oldest living thing on the planet.The Methuselah Tree on this Moment of Science. ... The so-called Methuselah Tree, discovered in 1953 by the tree researcher Edmund Schulman, has amazed scientists and nature lovers ever since.
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indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/the-methuselah-...
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