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You can split up many plants in to individual pieces which will survive.

Right but I think a point could be made that would say that a claim that a clonal species has lived a long time, also claims that _everything_ alive now is basically the same individual. It's merely "cloned" itself from the very first cell 2 billion years ago.

Clearly that's not what we think.

Some of the roses that we culture currently were born in ancient times. They are basically immortal as long as we keep appreciating them.

The Rosa mundi, Rosa Gallica versicolor for example is a mutation that sprouted from a seed before 1581 where Holland was a part of Spain and before Britons started to colonize America. Is a creature relatively easy to find in the specialized market still.

Welwitschia mirabilis is a prehistoric unicorn that somehow managed to survive until today. There is not anything like that thing in the entire planet.

Along with some worms or starfish.

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