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Massive Utah Clone Forest Found To Be One of the Oldest Organisms on Earth
A remarkable aspen forest that sprouted from a single seedling makes "the Roman Empire seem like a recent phenomenon."
Scientists have confirmed that one of Earth's most remarkable living beings—a massive forest of quaking aspen trees in Utah known as Pando—is between 16,000 and 80,000 years old, solidifying its place among the planet's most ancient organisms.
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