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SUPERLATIVES
From
long
-liv
ed p
ets
to t
he o
ldes
t fr
agm
ents
of
our
plan
et, w
e ex
plor
e Ea
rth’
s 4
.55-
billi
on-y
ear
hist
ory
to c
eleb
rate
rec
ord-
brea
king
long
evit
y in
its
man
y fo
rms.
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ears
A G
reat
Bas
in b
rist
leco
ne
pin
e (P
inu
s lo
ng
aeva
) kn
own
as
Pro
met
heu
s w
as c
ut
dow
n fr
om W
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ler
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k in
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ada,
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, in
196
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lth
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h 4
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gs
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ted
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he
tree
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har
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ron
men
t th
at h
ad
slow
ed it
s g
row
th. I
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rue
age
has
bee
n es
tim
ated
at
c. 5
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0 y
ears
old
.
Tree
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ears
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n y
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Hot
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312
yea
rs
The
Nis
hiy
ama
On
sen
Keiu
nka
n in
Yam
anas
hi,
Jap
an, i
s a
hot
-sp
rin
g h
otel
th
at h
as b
een
oper
atin
g si
nce
70
5 c
e.
Wre
stlin
g co
mp
etit
ion
55
7 ye
ars
The
Kır
kpın
ar w
rest
ling
fest
ival
has
bee
n h
eld
ann
ual
ly s
ince
14
60
n
ear
Edir
ne
in T
urk
ey.
Par
tici
pan
ts c
oate
d in
oil
vie
for
the
Gol
den
Bel
t.
The
Bar
ber
ton
Gre
enst
one
Bel
t, o
r M
akh
onjw
a M
oun
tain
s, in
Sou
th A
fric
a is
for
med
fro
m r
ocks
up
to 3
.6 b
illio
n ye
ars
old
. Th
e m
oun
tain
s h
ave
a m
axim
um
alt
itu
de
of a
rou
nd
1,8
00
m
(5,9
05
ft) a
bov
e se
a le
vel.
Mou
nta
in r
ang
e3
.6 b
illio
n ye
ars
Tiny
, dia
mon
d-lik
e cr
ysta
ls o
f zi
rcon
(Z
rSiO
4) fro
m t
he
Jac
k H
ills
in W
este
rn A
ust
ralia
are
th
e ol
des
t m
iner
als
so f
ar d
ated
on
Ear
th. A
20
14 s
tud
y es
tim
ated
th
eir
age
to b
e 4
.374
bill
ion
year
s (±
6 m
illio
n ye
ars)
. Th
is m
ean
s th
at t
hes
e zi
rcon
s w
ere
crea
ted
“on
ly”
arou
nd
160
mill
ion
year
s af
ter
Ear
th
itse
lf w
as
form
ed.
Frag
men
t of
Ear
th4
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bill
ion
year
s
0–1
00
yea
rs
Dog
29
year
s 5
mon
ths
The
gre
ates
t re
liab
le
age
reco
rded
for
a d
og is
2
9 ye
ars
for
an A
ust
ralia
n ca
ttle
dog
nam
ed B
luey
, ow
ned
by
Les
Hal
l of
Roc
hes
ter,
Vic
tori
a,
Au
stra
lia. B
luey
was
ob
tain
ed a
s a
pu
ppy
in
19
10 a
nd
wor
ked
amon
g ca
ttle
an
d sh
eep
for
nea
rly
20 y
ears
bef
ore
bei
ng
pu
t to
sle
ep
on 1
4 N
ov 1
939.
Rei
gn
ing
mon
arch
91
year
s 11
day
s
Her
Maj
esty
Qu
een
Eliz
abet
h II
(UK
) was
b
orn
on 2
1 A
pr
1926
an
d b
ecam
e th
e w
orld
’s o
ldes
t m
onar
ch o
n 23
Jan
20
15,
aged
88
year
s 27
7 d
ays.
As
of 2
May
20
17,
she
was
91
year
s 11
day
s ol
d.
Goldfish
43
yea
rs
A g
old
fish
nam
ed T
ish
, ow
ned
by
Hild
a an
d G
ord
on H
and
of C
arlt
on M
inio
tt, N
orth
Yo
rksh
ire,
UK
, liv
ed f
or 4
3 ye
ars.
Hild
a’s
son
Pet
er w
on T
ish
at a
fai
rgro
un
d st
all i
n 19
56
.
The
old
est
con
tin
uou
s ic
e co
re c
over
s 74
0,0
00
yea
rs o
f cl
imat
e h
isto
ry. I
t is
3
,139
m (1
0,2
98 f
t)
lon
g, w
ith
a 10
-cm
(4
-in)
dia
met
er.
The
core
was
d
rille
d at
Dom
e C
in
An
tarc
tica
by
the
10-n
atio
n EP
ICA
(Eu
rop
ean
Pro
ject
for
Ic
e C
orin
g in
A
nta
rcti
ca) a
nd
ann
oun
ced
on
9 J
un
200
4.
Ice
core
740
,00
0 y
ears
Pu
blis
hed
in t
he
jou
rnal
Nat
ure
in
2015
, com
pel
ling
evid
ence
has
bee
n p
rese
nte
d of
sto
ne
tool
s th
at d
ate
bac
k as
far
as
3.3
mill
ion
year
s.
The
ston
e fl
akes
, cor
es a
nd
anvi
ls w
ere
un
eart
hed
in 2
011
, n
ear
Lake
Tu
rkan
a in
Ken
ya,
by S
onia
Har
man
d of
Sto
ny
Bro
ok U
niv
ersi
ty (
US
A)
and
her
tea
m.
Sto
ne
tool
s3
.3 m
illio
n ye
ars
The
first
dom
esti
cate
d pl
ants
are
th
e ei
ght
spec
ies
of N
eolit
hic
fou
nde
r cr
op. D
omes
tica
ted
by e
arly
Hol
ocen
e fa
rmin
g co
mm
un
itie
s in
sou
th-w
est
Asi
a’s
Fert
ile C
resc
ent
reg
ion
, th
ey
dat
e b
ack
to 9
50
0 b
ce
and
con
sist
of
the
flax
pla
nt,
fou
r sp
ecie
s of
pu
lse
and
thre
e sp
ecie
s of
cer
eal.
Gra
pes
(Vit
is v
inif
era)
ar
e am
ong
the
old
est
cult
ivat
ed p
lan
ts
that
are
use
d p
rim
arily
fo
r d
rin
k. T
he
earl
iest
d
ocu
men
ted
evid
ence
p
rovi
ng
that
gra
pes
w
ere
cult
ivat
ed t
o m
ake
win
e d
ates
to
60
00
bc
e in
Mes
opot
amia
(m
oder
n-d
ay Ir
aq).
Pla
nt
cult
ivat
ed
for
dri
nk
8,0
00
yea
rs
Pla
nts
cu
ltiv
ated
for
foo
d11
,50
0 y
ears
In 1
903
, pre
his
tori
c ro
ck a
rt w
as
dis
cove
red
in t
he
El C
asti
llo c
ave
in
Pu
ente
Vie
sgo
in C
anta
bri
a, S
pai
n.
Alo
ng
sid
e p
ain
tin
gs
of a
nim
als
and
han
dp
rin
ts is
on
e re
d d
isc
that
is a
t le
ast
40
,80
0 y
ears
old
. Nea
rby
is a
h
and
sten
cil t
hat
dat
es b
ack
at le
ast
37,
30
0 y
ears
.
Cav
e ar
t4
0,8
00
yea
rs
Leve
ns
Hal
l in
Cu
mb
ria,
UK
, has
top
iary
des
ign
s th
at w
ere
init
ially
pla
nte
d an
d tr
ain
ed in
th
e 16
90s.
Th
e sh
apes
incl
ud
e “C
hes
s P
iece
s”, t
he
“Ju
dg
e’s
Wig
” an
d th
e “G
reat
Um
bre
llas”
.
Top
iary
gar
den
c. 3
27
year
sZ
oo2
65
year
s
The
old
est
con
tin
uou
sly
oper
atin
g zo
o is
th
e Ti
erg
arte
n S
chön
bru
nn
in V
ien
na,
Au
stri
a.
It w
as fi
rst
open
ed
to t
he
pu
blic
in 1
779,
al
thou
gh
init
ially
it
had
bee
n cr
eate
d in
17
52
as a
cro
wn
men
ager
ie.
Jea
nn
e Lo
uis
e C
alm
ent
(FR
A) w
as
bor
n on
21
Feb
1875
to
Nic
olas
(1
83
7–19
31) a
nd
Mar
gu
erit
e (n
eé G
illes
, 18
38
–19
24).
Sh
e d
ied
122
year
s la
ter
at a
nu
rsin
g h
ome
in A
rles
, sou
ther
n Fr
ance
, on
4 A
ug
1997
.
Per
son
122
yea
rs 1
64
day
sM
essa
ge
in a
bot
tle
108
yea
rs 1
38
day
s
The
old
est
bot
tled
mes
sag
e sp
ent
108
year
s 13
8 d
ays
at s
ea a
fter
b
ein
g re
leas
ed b
y th
e M
arin
e B
iolo
gic
al A
ssoc
iati
on (
UK
) in
the
Nor
th S
ea (5
2°4
.8'N
; 00
3°3
7'E
) on
30
Nov
190
6. T
he
mes
sag
e w
as
fou
nd
at G
erm
any’
s A
mru
m
isla
nd
on 1
7 A
pr
2015
.
The
Icel
and
ic A
lth
ing
was
fou
nd
ed
in 9
30
ce. T
his
bod
y, w
hic
h or
igin
ally
co
mp
rise
d 39
loca
l ch
ieft
ain
s at
Th
ing
velli
r, w
as a
bol
ish
ed in
18
00
bu
t re
stor
ed b
y D
enm
ark
to a
con
sult
ativ
e st
atu
s in
18
43
and
a le
gis
lati
ve
stat
us
in 1
874
.
Exi
stin
g p
arlia
men
t1,
08
7 ye
ars
Cat
38
yea
rs 3
day
s
Cre
me
Pu
ff w
as
bor
n on
3 A
ug
1967
an
d liv
ed u
nti
l 6 A
ug
200
5 –
an a
maz
ing
38
year
s! C
rem
e P
uff
live
d w
ith
her
ow
ner
, Jak
e P
erry
, in
Au
stin
, Te
xas,
US
A.
On
26 J
ul 1
920
, at
the
An
twer
p O
lym
pic
s, O
scar
S
wah
n (S
WE
, b. 2
0 O
ct 1
847
) bec
ame
the
old
est
Oly
mp
ic m
edal
list,
ag
ed 7
2 ye
ars
280
day
s. O
n 4
Ju
l 19
12, S
wah
n h
ad b
een
in t
he
vict
orio
us
men
’s
100
m r
un
nin
g d
eer
(dou
ble
sh
ots)
sh
ooti
ng
team
at
the
Oly
mp
ic G
ames
in S
tock
hol
m, S
wed
en, a
ged
64
year
s 25
8 d
ays.
Th
at w
in m
ade
him
th
e ol
des
t O
lym
pic
g
old
med
allis
t. T
he
100
m r
un
nin
g d
eer
was
a t
arg
et
shoo
tin
g co
mp
etit
ion
at t
he
Oly
mpi
cs f
rom
190
8 to
194
8.
Oly
mp
ic m
edal
list
72 y
ears
28
0 d
ays
Am
use
men
t p
ark
43
4 y
ears
Bak
ken
, loc
ated
in K
lam
pen
bor
g, n
orth
of
Cop
enh
agen
in D
enm
ark,
op
ened
in
158
3 an
d is
th
e w
orld
’s o
ldes
t op
erat
ing
amus
emen
t par
k. It
cla
ims
to h
ave
mor
e th
an 1
50
att
ract
ion
s, in
clu
din
g a
woo
den
ro
ller-
coas
ter
bu
ilt in
193
2.
Eg
ypti
an h
iero
gly
ph
sc.
5,3
00
yea
rs
The
old
est
know
n ex
amp
les
of E
gyp
tian
h
iero
gly
ph
s w
ere
un
eart
hed
in 1
99
9 in
A
byd
os, 3
00
mi (
48
3 km
) sou
th o
f C
airo
. Im
pri
nte
d on
cla
y se
al im
pre
ssio
ns
and
ivor
y ta
gs,
th
ey h
ave
bee
n d
ated
to
bet
wee
n 3
40
0 b
ce
and
320
0 b
ce.
Vom
it16
0 m
illio
n ye
ars
On
12 F
eb 2
00
2, a
tea
m o
f p
alae
onto
log
ists
led
by P
rof
Pet
er D
oyle
(U
K) a
nn
oun
ced
thei
r d
isco
very
of
the
foss
ilize
d vo
mit
of
an ic
hth
yosa
ur,
a la
rge,
fish
-lik
e m
arin
e re
pti
le.
The
exis
ten
ce o
f N
yasa
sau
rus
par
rin
gto
ni w
as
esta
blis
hed
fro
m a
par
tial
ske
leto
n in
a d
epos
it o
f fo
ssils
pre
sen
t w
ith
in t
he
Man
da
Bed
s n
ear
Tan
zan
ia’s
La
ke N
yasa
. Th
e sk
elet
on is
som
e 24
0 m
illio
n ye
ars
old
and
was
aro
un
d th
e si
ze o
f a
Lab
rad
or d
og.
N. p
arri
ngt
oni w
as f
orm
ally
des
crib
ed in
Dec
20
12.
Dat
ed d
inos
aur
24
0 m
illio
n ye
ars
The
old
est
doc
um
ente
d ve
rteb
rate
is H
aiko
uic
hth
ys.
Reg
arde
d as
an
earl
y fis
h, i
t h
ad a
dis
tin
ct h
ead
and
tail,
as
wel
l as
gill
s an
d a
dor
sal fi
n.
Ver
teb
rate
53
0 m
illio
n ye
ars
8,0
00
–10
0 m
illio
n y
ears
