Today’s Oldest Living Tree Was Already 1,000 Years Old When The Last Wooly
Mammoth Died
If you want to touch something that was around when wooly mammoths were roaming around, you can. The oldest tree in the world is a Great Basin bristlecone pine located in the White Mountains of California, and is said to be 5067 years old.
Source: Bored Panda
There were isolated populations of wooly mammoths on Wrangel Island which didn’t go extinct until 4,000 years ago. The small island in the Arctic Ocean was a sanctuary for the large creatures.