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What's the Oldest Living Thing on Earth?
The oldest known living organism is the Siberian actinobacteria, which is between 400,000 and 600,000 years old. "I think that collectively these organisms really symbolize something that transcends us all," she says. She hopes to help people try to preserve them as climate change becomes a clear and present danger.
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