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'In a forest in southern Chile, a giant tree has survived for thousands of
years and is in the process of being recognized as the oldest in the world.
Known as the "Great Grandfather," the trunk of this tree measuring four meters
(13 feet) in diameter and 28 meters tall is also believed to contain scientific
information that could shed light on how the planet has adapted to climatic
changes.
Believed to be more than 5,000 years old, it is on the brink of replacing
Methuselah, a 4,850-year-old Great Basin bristlecone pine found in California
in the United States, as the oldest tree on the planet.
"It's a survivor, there are no others that have had the opportunity to live so
long," said Antonio Lara, a researcher at Austral University and Chile's center
for climate science and resilience, who is part of the team measuring the
tree's age.'
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