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World's Oldest Tree To Be Cloned

Posted by timothy on from the to-make-fine-paper dept.

Pirogoeth writes "Scientists have taken seedlings from the world's oldest tree, a 4,768-year-old bristlecone pine named Methuselah, and plan on plan on altering them to make them clones of the ancient tree. Their goal is to study them to find the secret of their longevity and to see if cloned trees can survive in different climates."

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  1. Excellent. by mikelu · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now I can attain immortality through the simple process of replacing my feeble human body with enduring tree parts. Mwahahahahahahahaha.

  2. Re: Aaaahhhh!!!! by ghost. · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well I for one welcome our new wooden overlords.

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  3. Re: Aaaahhhh!!!! by Jonsey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fine...

    In Soviet Russia Trees run from yew!

    I hate myself sometimes.

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