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And yet 4200 years is less than the life time of some of the worlds oldest trees - a single generation if you will.
by DrScientist 3y ago
And yet 4200 years is less than the life time of some of the worlds oldest trees - a single generation if you will.
- INTPenis 3y agoLol you're living up to your username I guess. I mean that's a fairly profound thing to say, but in reality single-trunk trees with 4000 years of rings are very, very rare. There's a list of them on Wikipedia, there are like a handful over 4000 years. So yeah their life time can be up to that level, but it's so rare that your profound analogy kinda becomes humorous.
- lapetitejort 3y agoFrom what I understand, a generation is the average length of time a species needs to successfully propagate. If we were to use the oldest known member of the species, a human generation would increase by four times.