The oldest tree was found in 2004 by Leif Kullman, a professor of Physical Geography at Umeå University, who used technology of carbon-14 to determine the age of its root network, as old as 9,500 years. This Norwegian spruce was named “Old Tjikko,” after Kullman’s Siberian husky.
Source: National Geographic
credits: IBL/Rex Features
credits: Karl Brodowsky
credits: Leif Kullman
credits: Petter Rybäck
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