The oldest forest in the world is in the city of Cairo, in the state of New York (USA). The region, formed 386 million years ago, according to scientists is two to three million years older than the Gilboa forest, which until then held the record for oldest.
The discovery was published in December 2019 in the scientific journal Current Biology. According to scientists, the hypothesis is that the forest was hit by a flood. This is because fish fossils were found on the surface of the region. “It is surprising to see plants that were previously thought to have mutually exclusive habitat preferences growing together in the ancient Catskill Delta,” said study co-author Chris Berry of Cardiff University.
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