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Swedes find the world's oldest tree

Swedes find 'world's oldest tree'

A tree said to be the oldest on the planet - thought to be nearly 10,000 years old - has been found in Sweden.

Scientists from Umeaa University discovered the spruce on Fulu Mountain in Dalarna province while carrying out a census of tree species there in 2004.

The age of its genetic material was recently calculated using carbon dating at a laboratory in Miami, Florida.

Scientists had believed the world's oldest trees were 4,000-year-old pine trees found in North America.

The oldest, a bristlecone pine named Methuselah located in California's White Mountains, is aged 4,768, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

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The new record contender, which would have taken root just after the last ice age, was found among a cluster of around 20 spruces believed to be more than 8,000 years old at an altitude of 910m (2,985ft) on Fulu Mountain.

The visible portion of the spruce was comparatively new, but analysis of four "generations" of remains - cones and wood - found underneath its crown showed its root system had been growing for 9,550 years, Umeaa University said.

[aleph nought]

Truly this is confirmation of the Eddas. Swiftly! We all must convert to the one true religion and prepare ourselves for the coming of Ragnarok. *nodnods*

That's pretty impressive though. I could see older trees than Methuselah being around, but over twice the age? Wow.

[The Grim Squeaker]

So, how much for a house-number from the old pine then .

[Dark Silver]

Truly this is confirmation of the Eddas. Swiftly! We all must convert to the one true religion and prepare ourselves for the coming of Ragnarok. *nodnods*

That's pretty impressive though. I could see older trees than Methuselah being around, but over twice the age? Wow.

What do you mean convert?


I'm done converting, I been worshiping the Valkyries daily for years now!