Living fossil' tree frozen in time for 66 million years being planted in secret locations

[admin]

Wollemi pines — thought to have gone extinct 2 million years ago — were rediscovered in 1994. Scientists are now hoping to reintroduce the species in the wild in a conservation effort that could take centuries.

Living fossil' tree frozen in time for 66 million years being planted in secret locations : Read more

 

[historybuff]

"But in 1994, hikers in Australia's Blue Mountains stumbled upon a relict stand of these ancient conifers."
How anything could be sticking so to be stumbled upon for anything near 66 million years is beyond me.

The article made sense. Your comment does not.

 

[akiprev]

The article made sense. Your comment does not.

What do you mean? I said it's beyond me.

 

[akiprev]

The article made sense. Your comment does not.

It's al right, I misread it.

 

[EnReign]

I remember seeing a sign in the San Diego Safari Park about the Wollemi pine and even snapping a picture of the tree a few months ago. How neat to see the conservation efforts.

 

[Thomas Thompson]

It only grows "less than a centimeter a year"? That HAS to be a typo! A century to grow one meter?