Dinosaur extinction changed plant evolution

ScienceDaily
May 2, 2022, 4:53 pm168 pts
The absence of large herbivores after the extinction of the dinosaurs changed the evolution of plants. The 25 million years of large herbivore absence slowed down the evolution of new plant species. Defensive features such as spines regressed and fruit sizes increased. The research has demonstrated this using…

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