Higher up in the nearby mountains, bristlecone pines, the oldest organisms on the planet.

附近的高山上， 狐尾松 是地上最长寿的生物。

For the researchers who " read" its rings, the bristlecone pine is a tome older than the Bible.

对于“阅读”年轮的研究人员来说，狐尾松是一本比《圣经》还要古老的书。

The ancient bristlecone pine (pictured) has witnessed human history for millennia, including " epochs of turbulence and calm" .

这棵古老的狐尾松（如图）见证了人类数千年的历史，“荡与平静的时代” 。

And naked mole rats aren't alone in not aging: rockfish, lobsters, and bristlecone pines also seem to stay forever young… or at least forever middle-aged.

抗衰老的生物可不止无毛鼹鼠，还鱼，龙虾和狐尾松等，它们都永葆青春，最老也不过是中年。

The bristlecone pine, the single oldest trunk of a tree in the world, 4,000 odd years old, is somewhere in a bristlecone national park.

世界上树龄最长的单株树木——已有四千余年树龄的狐尾松，就生长在某座狐尾松国家公园的某个角落。