What is the oldest living thing on earth?

Photographer sussman has been searching for the oldest creatures on seven continents for the past ten years. The picture shows Pavli baobab (2000 years old, located in Kruger National Park, South Africa).

This baobab tree grows in Kruger Game Reserve in South Africa and needs armed personnel to accompany it to visit. During the growth of baobab trees, the center will gradually become empty. These tree holes will often become natural shelters for some animals, but humans will also use these tree holes as toilets, prisons or bars.

Stromatolite (2000-3000, Carbla Station, Western Australia)

Stromatolites have both biological and geological significance, and are formed by the aggregation of cyanobacteria. This creature originated 3.5 billion years ago and is related to the oxidation of the earth, which laid the foundation for all other life on the earth.

Antarctic moss (5500 years old, located in Elephant Island, Antarctica)

This is a moss coast, located near the place where the shackleton expedition was trapped on Elephant Island in Antarctica one hundred years ago. This kind of moss has a history of 5500 years.

The destroyed Huon Pine (with a history of 65,438+00,500 years, located in Mount Read, Tasmania) is close to human settlements.

A fire destroyed many trees (pictured) in Franklin cypress bush, which was propagated asexually in Reed Mountain, Tasmania, but quite a few of them survived. Some ancient pollen can be found at the bottom of the nearby lake bed, which is consistent with the genes of this surviving shrub. The age of this shrub is determined by the carbon determination of these pollen.

Centurium (with a history of 2000 years, distributed in Namibian Namib-Nak Looft Desert).

Osmunda japonica is a primitive coniferous plant, which only grows in some coastal areas of Namibia and Angola (where wet water vapor on the sea touches the desert). This plant is ugly, with only two leaves, but it never falls off. Centurium is the national flower of Namibia.

Eagle celery (over 2000 years old, located in Atacama desert, Chile)

This rock-covered plant, which looks like moss, is actually a flowering shrub, a close relative of parsley, and grows in the Atacama desert area with extremely high altitude.

Poxi Swallowwort (with a history of 65,438+million years, growing in the Balearic Islands of Spain).

When our ancient ancestors built the first "art studio" in South Africa, Bohemian grass with a history of 65438+ years began to take root. It grows in the waterway between Ibiza and formentera, which is protected by UNESCO.

Fox-tailed pine (located in White Mountain, California, USA)

The foxtail pine is the oldest single creature in the world, and its history has been known for more than 5000 years. In 1960s, a graduate student cut down the oldest tree in the world. The cross section of this tree is displayed in an entertainment place in Nevada.

Rare Eucalyptus (with a history of 13000 years, located in New South Wales, Australia, to protect the modified name)

This endangered eucalyptus has a history of 13000 years, and there are only five species left on the earth. The name of this species may have revealed its location information too much, so it has been modified.

Mojave yucca (12000 years old, located in Mojave Desert, California, USA)

The 65,438+02,000-year-old stony carbonate shrubs and Mojave desert yucca have amazing ring structures. The stems of plants grow gradually from the center to the outside. Although the new stems will replace the old ones, all the stems are connected to the same root system.