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: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...