Australian Scientists Discover 'Oldest Living Thing On Earth'

New submitter offsafely writes "Scientists in Australia have discovered the oldest living life-form to date: a small patch of Ancient Seagrass, dated through DNA sequencing at 200,000 years old." Says the linked article: "This is far older than the current known oldest species, a Tasmanian plant that is believed to be 43,000 years old." What I want to know is, How does it taste?

Comments

wow

[irussel]

And here i was thinking they were talking about Joan Rivers...

200,000 Years Old?

[omganton]

This "scientific discovery" directly conflicts with my belief that the entire universe is only 6000 years old.

Re:200,000 Years Old?

[mr1911]

The only reasonable conclusion is that scientists are heretics and must all be killed.

Re:BS Summary and Article title

[rodrigoandrade]

TY, you beat me to it.

It's almost like saying I'm 80,000 years old because I inherited a gene from a Neanderthal.

Re:Endangered?

[mr1911]

But if it's 200k years old, hasn't it already survived some serious climate change?

That was different. We're talking about man made climate change, which is obviously much worse and must be stopped.

Re:BS Summary and Article title

[flyingfsck]

I'm sure you wife will think that explains it all.

Re:How do you define age though?

[The Wild Norseman]

Or are we just talking 200K years since its DNA was last involved in sexual reproduction?

Oh, that reminds me! My wedding anniversary is coming up soon...