This Desert Plant Has Been Alive Since the End of the Ice Age: Meet Earth’s Most Ancient Living Organism
Deep in the Mojave Desert, an unassuming shrub called the creosote bush has been continuously alive for 11,700 years, making it one of Earth’s oldest living organisms. Through clonal reproduction and remarkable desert adaptations, this ancient plant has witnessed the entire span of human civilization while thriving in one of the planet’s harshest environments.
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