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Grymlo
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Registered: 2002-4-30 05:51:06
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/9066393/Ancient-seagrass-Oldest-living-thing-on-earth-discovered-in-Mediterranean-Sea.html
Australian scientists sequenced the DNA of samples of the giant seagrass, Posidonia oceanic, from 40 underwater meadows in an area spanning more than 2,000 miles, from Spain to Cyprus.
The analysis, published in the journal PLos ONE, found the seagrass was between 12,000 and 200,000 years old and was most likely to be at least 100,000 years old. This is far older than the current known oldest species, a Tasmanian plant that is believed to be 43,000 years old.
12k to 200k is a pretty wide margin. They cant get a closer time period without guessing?
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Tych2
Title: Obama Appointed Outpost Czar
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Registered: 2005-3-1 06:56:47
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I thought oldest living thing on earth was Ptilk. 
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IMHO
Title: Official Outpost Greeter
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Registered: 2001-11-1 03:55:02
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FAKE!!!*
*The world is only 6k years old.
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Moe_Nox
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eodoll
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Registered: 2002-2-14 12:35:42
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The idiot scientists probably scooped a bunch up and killed them.
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Coriolus
Title: Outpost Ice Mexican
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Registered: 2002-5-17 06:20:48
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eodoll posted:
The idiot scientists probably scooped a bunch up and killed them.
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That is some resilient weedy crap there. No worries though, the global warming will wipe it out soon enough.
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vn_nnanji
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Registered: 2001-6-30 17:22:56
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Nope. That thing wasn't here when I got here.
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