DNA analysis
suggests Pando, a quaking aspen in Utah with thousands of stems connected by
their roots, is between 16,000 and 81,000 years old.
The world’s
largest tree has been rigorously dated for the first time, confirming it is at
least 16,000 years old.
Named Pando, the
tree is a quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) with around 47,000 stems
connected by a root system that sprawls about 43 hectares in Utah’s Fishlake
National Forest. It has long been thought to be among the most ancient living
things on Earth.
The problem with
this dating is that it does not take into the Genesis Flood into consideration.
The three can’t be that old. It can’t survive one year under the water.
Source:
James Woodford 2024. World's largest tree is also among the oldest living organisms | New Scientist1 November.
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