Earth's Oldest Living Things - What They Teach Us - John A Halford - January 1982

John A Halford

On a windswept mountain in western Nevada, more than 8,000 feet above sea level, stands a forest of little trees - the bristlecone pines. They aren't much to look at - just eroded stumps with one or two clumps of green pine needles to show that there is still a spark of life in them. Compared to the giant redwoods, the great sequoias, the cedars of Lebanon and most other trees, the bristlecone pines are insignificant indeed. But these trees have one claim to fame. They are the oldest living things on earth. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library