The ultimate rivals of immortal man Bryan Johnson.
Humans are obsessed with immortality and living as long as they can - but nature has us beat. Across the globe, there trees still living that first sprouted over 5,000 years ago, rocks that have been chipped off billion-year-old foundations, and meteorites that are even older than Earth itself.
If your goal is to live a long life, just know some rock will always have a billion years on you.
1
Stump of Prometheus
The oldest known tree at over five-thousand years old, it grew in Nevada until student Donald Currey cut it down in 1964 for research purposes.
2
Grand Canyon Boulder with Reptile Prints
A boulder in the Grand Canyon was found with fossilized reptile prints that lived 313 million years ago.
3
Mother of the Forest
A Giant Sequoia in Calaveras County, California, estimated to be over 2,500 years old.
4
Acasta Gneiss Complex
A fragment of Acasta geologic complex found in the Northwest Territories of Canada containing crystals whose formation date back to 4.03 billion years ago
5
Yamaki Pine
A bonsai tree in Washington, D.C. that is 392 years old.
6
Big Bertha
A moon rock collected on the 1971 Apollo 14 mission that is 4 billion years old.
7
Robert E. Lee
A Giant Sequoia in Kings Canyon National Park, California, estimated to be about 2,600 years old.
8
NWA 11119 Meteorite
The oldest meteorite ever found. It is 4.56 billion years old, 20 million years older than the earth itself.
9
General Sherman
A Giant Sequoia in Tulare County, California, estimated to be about 2,500 years old.
10
Oldest art in North America
A rock near Winnemucca Lake features carvings by Native peoples that date back 10,500 years.
11
Methuselah
A 4,856-year-old bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of eastern California .
12
Acasta River Rock
This rock pulled from the Acasta River area in Canada is estimated to be 4.03 billion years old.
13
Grizzly Giant
A red sequoia of Yosemite National Park, estimated to be about 2,000 years old.
14
Alerce Milenario
A Patagonian cypress tree located in Chile is estimated to be about 5,484 years old.
15
Sandai Shogun no Matsu
A bonsai tree in Tokyo, Japan, estimated to be 500 years old.
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