The world’s oldest tree

The oldest tree in the world might have been found in Chile, and it's dying https://www.newsweek.com/conservation-tree-chile-oldest-rare-record-broken-protection-alerce-national-park-1709970 26 comments 25/5/2022 worldnews

Climate Change Could Kill the World's Oldest Trees http://www.livescience.com/57337-climate-change-killing-bristlecone-pines.html 2 comments 29/12/2016 science

How the oldest tree in the world was cut down by mistake http://home.austarnet.com.au/davekimble/bristlecone.htm?q= 3 comments 30/8/2007 reddit.com

5,400-Year-Old Cypress Could Soon Be Identified As The World’s Oldest Tree https://www.iflscience.com/5400-year-old-cypress-could-soon-be-identified-as-the-worlds-oldest-tree-68657 3 comments 28/4/2023 nature

Worlds oldest family tree created using DNA https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59774315 3 comments 29/12/2021 anthropology

World's Oldest Family Tree Created Using DNA https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59774315 7 comments 23/12/2021 history

World's oldest family tree created using DNA https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59774315 4 comments 23/12/2021 worldnews

World's oldest fossil trees uncovered in New York https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50840134# 4 comments 21/12/2019 science

World's oldest fossil trees uncovered in New York https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50840134 6 comments 20/12/2019 science

The World’s Oldest Tree Lives in Sweden https://swedesinthestates.com/the-worlds-oldest-tree-lives-in-sweden/ 8 comments 15/10/2019 europe

World's oldest trees are suddenly dying https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44418849 26 comments 11/6/2018 worldnews

Keepers of Prometheus: The World’s Oldest Tree http://uanews.org/story/keepers-prometheus-world-s-oldest-tree 17 comments 23/1/2013 science

World’s Oldest Living Tree — 9550 years old — Discovered In Sweden http://thebizzare.com/cool/worlds-oldest-living-tree/ 4 comments 17/4/2008 science

World's oldest tree discovered in Sweden http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/04/17/eatree117.xml 3 comments 17/4/2008 science

World's Oldest Living Trees Found in Sweden. 8000 years old. http://www.reuters.com/article/sciencenews/idusl1190625120080411 99 comments 12/4/2008 science

Ancient DNA From Neolithic Tomb Reveals The World’s Oldest Family Tree https://www.iflscience.com/ancient-dna-from-neolithic-tomb-reveals-the-worlds-oldest-family-tree-69974 2 comments 25/7/2023 anthropology

The world's oldest tree has fallen - heavy snow broke Old Tjikko https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/dalarna/varldens-aldsta-trad-har-gatt-av-tung-sno-knackte-old-tjikko 11 comments 10/2/2023 europe

World's oldest tree still growing near the Norwegian-Swedish border https://sciencenorway.no/dna-forests-trees/worlds-oldest-tree-still-growing-near-the-norwegian-swedish-border/2037756 5 comments 14/7/2022 europe

Ancient Tree in Chile Could Be World’s Oldest, Scientists Say https://www.enn.com/articles/70433-ancient-tree-in-chile-could-be-world-s-oldest-scientists-say 29 comments 28/5/2022 worldnews

Fossils from the world's oldest trees, hundreds of millions of years old, reveal their bizarre structure https://www.newsheads.in/science/news/fossils-from-the-world-oldest-trees-hundreds-of-millions-of-years-old-reveal-their-bizarre-structure/article/9135.html 12 comments 25/10/2017 worldnews

Discovery of world's newest oldest tree means it's time to revise the Bible. http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/13/discovery-of-worlds-newest-oldest-tree-means-its-time-to-revise-the-bible/ 22 comments 13/4/2008 reddit.com

8,000 year old Swedish spruce may be world's oldest living tree http://www.reuters.com/article/sciencenews/idusl1190625120080411?rpc=64 36 comments 13/4/2008 science

“I can’t believe I burned down a tree older then Jesus” said when one of the 5 oldest trees in the world was burned. http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2012/02/29/meth-user-burns-5th-oldest-tree-in-the-world/ 7 comments 29/2/2012 history

Jewish Settlers Torch 100 of World's Oldest Olive Trees http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/battle-between-israel-palestine-being-fought-olive-fields-100-trees-torched-1471595 31 comments 29/10/2014 worldnews

Wildfires Threaten the World’s Oldest Trees at Sequoia National Park https://www.guardianmag.press/2021/09/wildfires-threaten-the-worlds-oldest-trees-at-sequoia-national-park.html/ 17 comments 26/9/2021 nature

Palestine: Jewish Settlers Torch 100 of World's Oldest Olive Trees https://israelpalestinenews.org/palestine-jewish-settlers-torch-100-worlds-oldest-olive-trees/?fbclid=iwar1w15xv6mveaqg8duj04gpr85-lsbnpkmfftxowfseqmqiizw5jfkphey0 164 comments 30/1/2019 worldnews

Palestine: Jewish Settlers Torch 100 of World's Oldest Olive Trees http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/battle-between-israel-palestine-being-fought-olive-fields-100-trees-torched-1471595?utm_source=social 193 comments 28/1/2018 worldnews

Palestine: Jewish Settlers Torch 100 of World's Oldest Olive Trees http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/battle-between-israel-palestine-being-fought-olive-fields-100-trees-torched-1471595?utm_content=buffer7f331&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer 51 comments 27/1/2018 worldnews

Ancient DNA reveals the world’s oldest family tree. Analysis of ancient DNA from one of the best-preserved Neolithic tombs in Britain has revealed that most of the people buried there were from five continuous generations of a single extended family. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2021/11/neolithicfamilytree/ 9 comments 22/12/2021 science

Scientists have discovered remnants of the world’s oldest fossil forest in a sandstone quarry in Cairo, New York. It is believed the extensive network of trees, which would have spread from New York all the way into Pennsylvania and beyond, is around 386 million years old. https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/1739669-scientists-uncover-worlds-oldest-forest 13 comments 19/12/2019 science

Findings reveal how some tree species live for thousands of years (world's oldest is 4,851 years). Longevity is due to regeneration and a specific growth cycle that makes trees appear virtually ageless, though not immortal, insights show. https://www.inverse.com/science/oldest-trees-on-earth-study 3 comments 27/7/2020 science

Scientists have grown six date palm plants from 2,000-year-old seeds found in ancient palaces and settlements in the Judean Desert in southern Israel. The seeds are thought to be the oldest ever grown naturally and shed light on one of the world's earliest tree crops. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/06/world/growing-date-plants-from-2000-year-old-seeds-scn/index.html 108 comments 9/2/2020 science

The brain hidden inside the oldest known Old World monkey skull has been visualized for the first time. The creature's tiny but remarkably wrinkled brain supports the idea that brain complexity can evolve before brain size in the primate family tree. http://phys.org/news/2015-07-world-monkey-tiny-complex-brain.html 59 comments 3/7/2015 science

Scientists have found a cluster of spruces in the mountains in western Sweden which, at an age of 8,000 years, may be the world's oldest living trees. To put that in perspective, that's about the same time the Persians discovered wine and the Sumerians invented the plow. http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/04/11/us-sweden-tree-idusl1190625120080411 332 comments 16/4/2011 science

Forests with a large variety of species are more productive and stable under stress than monocultures: forestry scientists have confirmed this with data from the world’s oldest field trial on the diversity of tropical tree species. The trial has been running for almost two decades. https://www.pr.uni-freiburg.de/pm-en/press-releases-2019/diversity-increases-ecosystem-stability 8 comments 9/9/2019 science