Scientists in Chile say they've discovered what could be the oldest living thing on earth. The cypress tree in Patagonia, nicknamed "great-grandfather", is estimated to be more than 5,000 years old. Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from the Los Lagos region in Chile.
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