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The Oldest Living Things in the World

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Antarctic Moss #0212-7B33 (5,500 years old; Elephant Island, Antarctica)
Antarctic Moss #0212-7B33 (5,500 years old; Elephant Island, Antarctica)Photography by Rachel Sussman
If you knew you were expected to live 2000 years or more, would your experience of time be different?

Our time scales place the conceivable past, present, future into a time span of about 150 years. At this moment in time, it is hard to comprehend beyond 2050 and anything that happened before 1900 is confined to the history books for eternity. For some living things, 150 years is essentially the present.

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Spruce Gran Picea #0909-11A07 (9,550 years old; Sweden)
Spruce Gran Picea #0909-11A07 (9,550 years old; Sweden)Photography by Rachel Sussman
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