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Methuselah, a Bristlecone Pine is Thought to be the Oldest Living Organism on Earth

April 21, 2011 Robert Hudson Westover, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Forest Service

Bristlecone pines are a small group of trees that reach an age believed by many scientists to be far greater than that of any other living organism known to man -- up to nearly 5,000 years.

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