6,000 year old earth? Not according to this tree!

[painted wolf]

Introducing the worlds oldest living organism (so far)!

This otherwise unimpressive 13 ft tall Norway Spruce (yup its a christmass tree) is a remarkable 9,550 years old. Making it almost twice the age of the oldest Bristle cones of California.
Ironically it was found in Sweden not Norway.

Oldest Living Tree Found in Sweden

*As a fun side note, a stand of Huon pine (Lagarostrobus franklinii) have been dated back as clonal sprouts from an individual that took seed around 10,500 years ago.

Aren't trees amazing! :jiggy:

wa:do

 

[Phasmid]

Aren't trees amazing! :jiggy:

wa:do

They sure are. I heard there's some kind of device, which allows you to hear large trees sucking up water through their trunks.

 

[whereismynotecard]

I love trees. They are underappreciated.

 

[TurkeyOnRye]

Learning is fun, isn't it?!

 

[Father Heathen]

Oh, come on now. Obviously God placed that on this earth to test our faith. That, or the Devil did it to deceive us. One or the other.

 

[Halcyon]

Kinda on topic, the Mek tribe of West New Guinea have a 9,000 year oral history.

 

[kiwimac]

Trees are nice although I personally prefer Herbs!

 

[Magic Man]

Kinda on topic, the Mek tribe of West New Guinea have a 9,000 year oral history.

Wow! That's a lot of blow...oops, sorry, never mind, I think I took that the wrong way.

 

[Azakel]

Introducing the worlds oldest living organism (so far)!

This otherwise unimpressive 13 ft tall Norway Spruce (yup its a christmass tree) is a remarkable 9,550 years old. Making it almost twice the age of the oldest Bristle cones of California.
Ironically it was found in Sweden not Norway.

Oldest Living Tree Found in Sweden

*As a fun side note, a stand of Huon pine (Lagarostrobus franklinii) have been dated back as clonal sprouts from an individual that took seed around 10,500 years ago.

Aren't trees amazing! :jiggy:

wa:do

That's really cool, thank you for sharing PW. And yes tree are amazing.

Kinda on topic, the Mek tribe of West New Guinea have a 9,000 year oral history.

Did you watch the Living with the Mek and travel channel?

 

[Guitar's Cry]

Remarkable!

 

[pray4me]

besides carbon dating what proof is there that this is true?

 

[hoodedhess]

Have you ever heard of the "gap theory" ? Yes I know it sounds funny but none-the-less makes alot of sense.

 

[McBell]

Have you ever heard of the "gap theory" ? Yes I know it sounds funny but none-the-less makes alot of sense.

Yep.
key word being 'THEORY'
Unfortunately it is not the same kind of theory as evolution...

 

[Captain Civic]

Wow, I didn't know trees lived that long.

 

[.lava]

Introducing the worlds oldest living organism (so far)!

This otherwise unimpressive 13 ft tall Norway Spruce (yup its a christmass tree) is a remarkable 9,550 years old. Making it almost twice the age of the oldest Bristle cones of California.
Ironically it was found in Sweden not Norway.

wa:do

i like trees too great feeling to plant a tree when you were kid and grow up together in years.
but, who's saying earth is 6000 years old? it is very small number.

wa:do painted wolf

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Have you ever heard of the "gap theory" ?

You seem to confuse 'theory' with baseless rationalization.

 

[logician]

They should protect this area, or someone is liable to build a parking lot on the site.

 

[Azakel]

They should protect this area, or someone is liable to build a parking lot on the site.

It's not America, people in other countries seem to be better then that.

 

[jtartar]

Hello,
Another thing very important about trees is Dendrochronology. This is a study of the rings in trees. From this can be found much information about the rainfall in regions, and when these are compared with trees in different places, it can be determined just what the climate was in that whole area.

 

[Halcyon]

besides carbon dating what proof is there that this is true?

Like the dude above me said, its probably either tree rings or girth measurement, carbon dating doesn't work on living plants, only dead ones.