Bosnian pine tree is Europe's oldest living thing at 1,075 years old, say scientists
The Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii) was dated by counting the rings, which are formed each year as the tree grows.
Paul J Krusic, the leader of the expedition that found the tree, described the its survival as "remarkable". Around the time that this tree was a seedling, in the year 941, the Vikings were roaming northern Europe. And it was already about 250 years old when the University of Oxford was founded.
