"Europe's oldest known living inhabitant" Topic

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Tango01	21 Aug 2016 10:26 p.m. PST
"A Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii) growing in the highlands of northern Greece has been dendrocronologically dated to be more than 1075 years old. This makes it currently the oldest known living tree in Europe. The millenium old pine was discovered by scientists from Stockholm University (Sweden), the University of Mainz (Germany) and the University of Arizona (USA). "It is quite remarkable that this large, complex and impressive organism has survived so long in such an inhospitable environment, in a land that has been civilized for over 3000 years" says Swedish dendrochronologist, Paul J. Krusic, leader of the expedition that found the tree. It is one of more than a dozen individuals of millennial age, living in a treeline forest high in the Pindos mountains…" More here link Wow! See what happened when this three grow up… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/941 Amicalement Armand
x42brown	21 Aug 2016 11:29 p.m. PST
I'm going to have to get the full original paper to see why they dismiss trees like the 'Fortingall Yew' from consideration for oldest. x42
etotheipi	22 Aug 2016 9:58 a.m. PST
They should cut it down and count the rings just to be sure.
Tango01	22 Aug 2016 10:11 a.m. PST
(smile) Amicalement Armand
Supercilius Maximus	24 Aug 2016 8:24 a.m. PST
So not the OFM then? Who knew?
Jefthing	26 Aug 2016 3:41 p.m. PST
…narrowly beating Bruce Forsyth.