Prometheus, the world’s oldest tree, was cut down by a scientist after 5,000 years: “I knew it was quite old”

The story of Prometheus, the pine tree felled in 1964, marked a turning point in the conservation of ancient trees.
IFLScience

A 4,900-Year-Old Tree Called Prometheus Was Once The World's Oldest. Then, A Scientist Cut It Down

That’s exactly what happened to an unfortunate graduate student named Donald R. Currey back in the summer of 1964, who ended up responsible for the demise of Prometheus, a bristlecone pine that stood ...

One of the Most Complete Human Ancestors Ever Found Isn’t Who We Thought It Was

Australopithecus is an extinct group of ape-like modern human relatives—or potentially ancestors—that walked upright and ...
Los Angeles Times

Prometheus: The legend behind the movie and its spaceship

“Prometheus”arrives in theaters this weekend with what may be an unfamiliar name to accompany its lofty pedigree. Prometheus is the spaceship at the center of the movie directed by Ridley Scott as a ...
BroadwayWorld

Esa-Pekka Salonen to Lead Scriabin's PROMETHEUS, POEM OF FIRE with LA Phil

The LA Phil today confirmed program details for the first program of its 2025/26 Body and Sound festival—Prometheus with ...
Wired

Review: Majestic Visuals Power Prometheus Through Big, Murky Ideas

Ridley Scott proves in Prometheus that 33 years after Alien, he still remembers how to rouse primal fears within a gorgeously rendered, profoundly pessimistic sci-fi setting. The stylistic flourishes ...