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Named 'Prometheus', the tree turned out to 4,950 years old, and was thought then to be the oldest known living thing on the planet. It was likely the one of the oldest trees in the world even when Shakespeare was writing plays!
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www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/oldest/thing.html
www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/oldest/thing.html
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In fact, the only thing we can report for certain is that the records listed here will probably be upstaged by a new discovery in the near future. Below is a listing of what is currently in the literature as some of the oldest organisms still living today:
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www.extremescience.com/OldestLivingThing.htm
www.extremescience.com/OldestLivingThing.htm
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Bristlecone pine tree, oldest single, non-clonal organism. EDIT: bremner8 had everything but the name, which is more than most folks know; the oldest bristlecone pine is almost 5,000 years old.
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090608...
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1. The World's Oldest Living Thing ... Up until the late 1970's, the oldest living thing was thought to be a tree called the bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva), living for nearly 5,000 years high in the White Mountains of California and the Snake Range of eastern Nevada.
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waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0601.htm
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The age of the oldest living thing does not indicate dates of events happening before it. It merely shows that no global cataclysm happened less than 4900 years ago. ... The oldest living thing (a bristlecone pine) is younger than 4,900 years, supporting a recent date for a worldwide cataclysm.
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www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CG/CG010.html
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Wheeler Peak, on ; Nevada's eastern border with Utah, reaches an altitude of 13,063 feet (3981m) with a spectacular glacial cirque on its northeast side. This student had just killed the oldest living thing on earth! Eventually, dendrochronologist Don Graybill determined the tree to be 4,862 years of age.
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www.sonic.net/bristlecone/Martyr.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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www.sonic.net/bristlecone/intro.html
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Shielded in anonymity, the "King Clone," a creosote bush identified as the "oldest living thing on Earth," can be found on a dirt road south of Barstow, Calif., where it continues to keep a low profile about the many benefits of its properties. ... The oldest living thing in the world is hard to find, and soon I'm lost.
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www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=11165
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