Wood you believe it?
Scientists have confirmed the existence of the world’s oldest forest — and the ancient, secret spot is only a short drive from the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple.
First discovered at the bottom of an abandoned quarry near the town of Cairo in the Catskill Mountains back in 2009, the experts have been working to learn the exact ages of the plants and trees growing in the area, where rocks reportedly up to 385 million years old hold the wooded area’s fossilized treasure.
Researchers from SUNY Binghamton and the University of Cardiff in Wales were excited to find evidence of extremely early plants — some that would have “even been seen by dinosaurs,” the BBC reported.
