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Dating Methuselah (and Rachel’s “Pick of the Week”)

Dating Methuselah (and Rachel’s “Pick of the Week”)

August 29, 2010 By spectekula Leave a Comment

The first time I heard the name Methuselah, it was in the Book of Genesis. He was Noah’s grandfather, and was memorable because he supposedly lived to be almost 1,000 years old. He died around the same time as The Great Flood.

Much later in life, as I listened closer to stories about the Earth to do research for the Plant a Wish documentary project, I heard there was a famous tree with the same name. I knew instantly that it must be a really old tree. (See the full post for video.)

Filed Under: Interesting Ideas, Midwest & Northeast, The Tour, Tree Science, Videos Tagged With: bristle cone pine, bristlecone pine, california, columbia, dendrochronology, hawaii, methusaleh, methuselah, methuselah tree, michael stambaugh, mike stambauch, missouri, plant a wish, tree age, tree planting, tree ring, university of missouri, white mountains

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