This tree ' oldest ' world , grow before the time of Noah's flood

This tree ' oldest ' world , grow before the time of Noah's flood - A few days later, appeared on the social networking meme stating that the oldest tree in the world is in Sweden.

Radiocarbon tests estimate the age of the tree species spruce reaches 9,550 years. Meme satire was then claimed the tree is even far older than scientists estimate Bible states Noah's great flood period occurred in 1656 BC.

The question is whether the tree was actually there? Magazine National Geographic ensure that trees are growing in the province of Dalarna, precisely in the area of ​​the local highlands.

Umea University stated this four-meter tree trunk decades old. But the roots are certainly continue to live in the same place since nearly 10 thousand years ago.

This tree ' oldest ' world , grow before the time of Noah's flood

"When the roots are dead, there have been new network from the same root," says Leif Kullman, professor of ecology and environment University of Umea.

Nevertheless, scientists worldwide have not agreed that the spruce trees are usually cut down for Christmas decoration in Sweden as the oldest plants universal.

So far, experts agree enthrone a new tree pine in California as the oldest in the world. Bristlecone tree species in the US it is scientifically confirmed five thousand years old.