# Ever seen the oldest thing in the world? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-the-oldest-thing-in-the-world/693492 "2014-07-19T00:17:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-the-oldest-thing-in-the-world/693492/21 "2014-07-21T02:09:30Z")
Oh, just thought of something that might count: [Tuatara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatara#Taxonomy_and_evolution) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-the-oldest-thing-in-the-world/693492/22 "2014-07-21T03:53:07Z")
I’ve held meteorite fragments that supposedly pre-date the solar system. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-the-oldest-thing-in-the-world/693492/23 "2014-07-21T04:00:14Z")
That would be the First Stone? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-the-oldest-thing-in-the-world/693492/24 "2014-07-21T11:40:02Z")
I’ve been to the Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. It may be the oldest continuously occupied village (more than 800 years) in the US. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-the-oldest-thing-in-the-world/693492/25 "2014-07-21T15:37:10Z")
I have seen the [oldest working railroad locomotive](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bull_%28locomotive%29) in the world. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-the-oldest-thing-in-the-world/693492/26 "2014-07-21T15:38:15Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Minnesota has several examples of Morton Gneiss - if not the oldest rocks in the world, at least in North America… That’s really gneiss. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-the-oldest-thing-in-the-world/693492/27 "2014-07-21T15:39:17Z")
> [@susan](#): > > That would be the First Stone? Well played. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-the-oldest-thing-in-the-world/693492/28 "2014-07-21T15:43:37Z")
I’ve seen St. Augustine, FL, which is supposedly the oldest city in the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-the-oldest-thing-in-the-world/693492/29 "2014-07-21T16:07:08Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Well played. Indeed. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-the-oldest-thing-in-the-world/693492/30 "2014-07-21T16:44:19Z")
_Starts to say “Your mo–” but gets yanked off staged_ ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-the-oldest-thing-in-the-world/693492/31 "2014-07-21T17:32:03Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Oldest surviving Fiat. It might have even been the first one produced, don’t remember. Well, if you say it’s the oldest car by Fiat, then it is the oldest car, by fiat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-the-oldest-thing-in-the-world/693492.md?page=1)