What is the oldest living thing?

Answer 1

It is the Bristlecone Pine in the White Mountains of California.

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Answer 2

Methuselah (estimated germination 2832 BC) is a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) in the White Mountains of California, which was 4,789 years old when sampled in 1957 when the trees were originally being surveyed by Schulman and Harlan. It is the oldest living organism currently known and documented, and still alive, at the age of about 4,838 years old

Answer 3

Not including bacterial spores, Earth's oldest living thing is an ancient Great Basin Bristlecone Pine Tree named "Methuselah." At 4,767 years, it has lived more than a millennium longer than any other tree. It is located in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest of the White Mountains near Bishop, California.

Answer 4

Babygurl is right.

Back in 1999, 250-million-year-old bacteria was found in ancient sea salt in Carlsbad, New Mexico. It was revived in a laboratory. So to for some 40-million-year-old bacteria found in the stomach of a bee encased in amber. That bacteria was also revived.

A huge colony of the sea grass Posidonia oceanica in the Mediterranean Sea could be up to 100,000 years old

"Pando," a clonal colony of a single male Quaking Aspen has been estimated at 80,000 years old, although some claims place it as being as old as one million years.

There's also a plant in Tansania, Kings Holly which is sterile due to havng three sets of chromosomes. Evidence suggests it has been spreading by root suckers for some 43,000 years.

The oldest known creosote bush is only 12,000 years old, a youngster! It's also a clonal colony.

The oldest verified individual was a bristlecorn pine felled in 1964, it was 4,862 years old when it was felled. There is another ancient Bristlecorn Pine (Methusela) still alive that according to core samples in March is 4838 years old.

Another example is the Fortinall Yew in Scotland which is estimated to be between 2,000 and 5,000 years old.

Answer 5

The Bristlecone Pine is correct answer, DNA is subject to degradation within a few thousand years, and so dating of 250 million for bacteria must be incorrect. This was the Faux Pas made in the film that recreated dinosaurs. We cannot base Science on Science fiction !

Answer 6

October, 1999; 250-million-year-old bacteria were found in ancient sea salt beneath Carlsbad, New Mexico. The microscopic organisms were revived in a laboratory after being in 'suspended animation', encased in a hard-shelled spore, for an estimated 250 million years. The species has not been identified, but is referred to as strain 2-9-3, or B. permians.

Hope that helps, lol

Answer 7

October, 1999; 250-million-year-old bacteria were found in ancient sea salt beneath Carlsbad, New Mexico. The microscopic organisms were revived in a laboratory after being in 'suspended animation', encased in a hard-shelled spore, for an estimated 250 million years. The species has not been identified, but is referred to as strain 2-9-3, or B. permians.

Answer 8

I believe the oldest living thing on earth is a bristlecone pine in California, let me check for sure.

Yep, over 4,000 years old, here is the web site:

http://www.sonic.net/bristlecone/

Answer 9

Barbara Bush

Answer 10

If you mean living individual then it is a Bristlecone Pine called Methuselah - these are much are older than the Redwoods.