Wine drinkers may have dinosaurs to thank after 60M-year-old grape fossil seeds are found by scientists Fox NewsCenozoic seeds of Vitaceae reveal a deep history of extinction and dispersal in the Neotropics Nature.comIf dinosaurs hadn't gone extinct, we may not have delicious grapes Popular ScienceWe Might Owe Wine To The Asteroid That Killed The Dinosaurs 66 Million Years Ago IFLScienceDino Extinction Paved Way for Grapes—and Wine—to 'Spread Across the World' Newsweek

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  • Wine drinkers may have dinosaurs to thank after 60M-year-old grape fossil seeds are found by scientists
    Scientists found grape seed fossils from 60 million years ago during a dig in South America. They believe dinosaurs may be to thank for the regrowth and evolution of seeds.
    07/1/2024 - 10:50 pm | View Link
  • Why wine lovers should raise a glass to meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs
    The demise of the dinosaurs could be to thank for the existence of wine because it helped grapes to flourish, a study suggests. The mass extinction event 66 million years ago allowed primitive grape ...
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  • Sixty-million-year-old grape seeds reveal how the death of the dinosaurs may have paved the way for grapes to spread
    If you've ever snacked on raisins or enjoyed a glass of wine, you may, in part, have the extinction of the dinosaurs to thank for it. In a discovery described in the journal Nature Plants, researchers ...
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