While estimates to the tree’s exact age vary, it is undoubtedly nearing the end of its natural life. The maximum lifespan of the species is around 200 to 300 years, though most live to nearer 100 .

All species on Earth, both living and extinct, are related. We know this because of a biological tool called the tree of life. This "tree" takes the form of a diagram that maps the relationships ...

The central panel of Gustav Klimt's, "Tree of Life" triptych, painted around 1910 to 1911, was one of the artworks analyzed in the study. incamerastock/Alamy Stock Photo.

The Book of Mormon prophet Lehi saw a vision of the Tree of Life in which people held to an iron rod to ascend to the tree while others mocked them from a great and spacious building.