List Of Long-living Organisms
This is a list of the oldest individual lifeforms. This is usually defined as:
- Having a longer life span than any other known individual (such as the Methuselah tree)
- Longevity record-holders (such as Jeanne Calment or Li Ching-Yuen)
Read more about List Of Long-living Organisms: Biological Immortality, Revived Into Activity After Stasis, Clonal Plant Colonies, Individual Plant Specimens, Animals
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