Standard textbook claim "Bristlecone pines in the Rocky Mountains are the oldest known organisms at 4,700 years old."
Why aren't there older plants?
2007-04-08 23:44:08 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
because the earth was totally flooded before that ....
2007-04-08 23:47:16 · answer #1 · answered by karen i 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Actually standard textbooks will sometimes claim that the oldest living thing in the world is a big tree in Tasmania estimated to be 40,000 years old, though no one has ever tested this (and I think it's bunk).
The age of the Bristlecone Pines is a fluke. There doesn't have to be a reason. They've survived a long time. One day, lightning will strike and they'll burn to the ground.
2007-04-08 23:50:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
George, if you're truly curious then you probably have a brain and it probably thinks pretty well. So, you have the basic requirements. Now, take the responses of the above genuine people for real and apply it. Go and see what the human race has discovered through curiosity and thinking since the bible was written. It is a wonderful, mind-boggling journey. I guarantee you will enjoy it. Or, you could just sit there and accept that the bible is the beginning and ending of all knowledge. What a waste that would be.
2016-05-20 22:26:57 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its called "extinct". There are plenty of older plants out there but they're all extinct.
You remember Jurassic Park where the Doctor's are in the jeep just about to see the Brontosaurus for real? Ellie is looking at a plant and she says "You won't believe this. This species has been extinct for millions of years" (or something close to that). Well... she's right.
2007-04-08 23:52:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How old is the textbook you are quoting?
The wollemi pine, in Australia; it's oldest known fossil is dated at 90 million years.
Just a touch over 4700 years.
So there you go. An older plant.
2007-04-08 23:52:21 · answer #5 · answered by Orac 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Plants are made out of cells and DNA just like animals. All organics deteriorate over time and collect fatal mutations. Plants as well as animals have typical life-spans, even though plants may live longer due to not having specialized organs.
2007-04-08 23:46:51 · answer #6 · answered by charmedchiclet 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Soon before that time there was a glacial period. Few large plants would have survived, but seeds could have remained frozen in the ice, germinating when the ice receeded.
2007-04-08 23:47:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seeing as this is in R&S I'm guessing you're giving this as support for the Young Earth/Creation Myth.
I thought I'd heard the most ridiculous arguments, but you, sir, deserve at least 2 bananas!
2007-04-08 23:52:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
maybe they wernt on the mountain and the only thing that servived were on the mountain above any distructivity going on
2007-04-08 23:48:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, I know...because this proves that the world is roughly 4700 years old....That's great, why don't you run along and play with the other retarded children.
2007-04-08 23:47:26 · answer #10 · answered by Desiree J 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
There are older plants, but they're lying about their age. ;-)
2007-04-08 23:58:53 · answer #11 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋