This tree is apparently 9,550 years old; well, more appropriately, not the tree itself, but the root system, which has obviously supported several different incarnations of this tree.
Not the tree. Pretty, though. From trondia
However, since our average lifespan is far south of 100 years, we can’t really gain an appropriate perspective on how old this rather well-worn Norway Spruce actually is. The following statistics may help. At 9,950 years old, this tree was:
- “Born” at the end of the last ice age.
- 4,450 years old when the Bristlecone Pines in California had that new-car smell. The Bristlecones were previously accepted to be the oldest living things.
- 4,972 years old when the Great Pyramid at Giza was completed, 2500 B.C./B.C.E.
- 6,585 years old when the first temple (Solomon’s) of Israel was completed in 957 B.C.E.
- 6,789 years old when the Roman Empire was founded in 753 B.C./B.C.E.
- 8,018 years old when Rome was sacked in 476 A.D./C.E.
- 9,035 years old when Columbus set out on his (everybody thought) doomed voyage of 1492
- 9,347 years old when Nelson was making a name for himself at Trafalgar in 1805, and
- 9,487 years old when the first atomic bombs were detonated in 1945
To be perfectly clear, this tree is older than recorded human history, which only reaches as far back as 2800 B.C.E. The oldest person on the planet–124-year old Zabani Khakimova of Chechnya– has been in existence for 1.29 percent of this tree’s lifespan. Yikes.
译文:
世界上最古老的树：纪录它9950年来的风雨历程
这棵树已经有9550岁的高龄了；不过，更确切地说，真正的老大不是树本身，而是它所拥有的根茎系统，在这个根部之上发育出了好几棵寿星的“化身”。
然而，由于人类的平均寿命连100年都不到，我们实在没法体会，这棵饱经风霜的挪威云杉究竟有多老。下面的一些数据也许能帮上你的忙。
“出生”在冰河世纪末期。
在它4450岁的时候，曾经号称是世界第一老树的加利福尼亚胡尾松才刚打娘胎里出来。
在它4972岁的时候，即公元前2500年，吉萨金字塔建造完毕。
6585岁时，以色列第一座圣殿（由索罗门建造）建成，时间为公元前957年。
6789岁时，即公元前753年，古罗马帝国建立。
8018岁时，罗马帝国灭亡，当时为公元476年。
9035岁时，即公元1492年，哥伦布踏上了发现美洲新大陆的航程。
9347岁时，纳尔逊因其在特拉法尔加战役中的功勋而名垂青史，时间为公元1805年。
1945年，在它9487岁的时候，世界上第一颗原子弹爆炸。
确切地来说。这棵树的历史比有记载的人类历史要长得多，人类历史的纪录只能追溯到公元前2800年。地球上最老的人，车臣共和国的Zabani Khakimova ，活了124年，但只占了这棵树寿命的1.29%。