Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
The ability to use adversity to its advantage allows Bristlecones to evolve into living monuments of time.
Many of the individual trees that live in this forest are over 4,000 years old. The older ones are at least 1,000 years older than any other species on earth. They are about 2,000 years older than the nearby Giant Sequoia, which are the world’s biggest trees. No other living species have seen more time on this earth. The oldest tree, as yet unnamed, is believed to be 5,070 years old now. This individual began life at about the same time humans began to develop the concept of writing. It was about 500 years old when the pyramids at Giza were built.
