While eating grapes, have you ever wondered how this fruit grew on earth? Obviously, you would not have thought about it. If you ask this question to anyone at this time, then perhaps even he will not have an answer to this. However, science has an answer to this. Let us tell you how grapes came to earth and how the history of its origin is connected to dinosaurs.
When did grapes come to earth
If you feel that grapes have always existed on earth, then you are wrong. According to new research, grapes came to earth about 66 lakh years ago. Actually, this was the same period when destructive meteorites fell on earth and due to them dinosaurs were wiped out from the earth.
Origin of grapes and connection of dinosaurs
A few days ago, a research was published in the Nature Plants journal. In this, many such things have been written about the origin of grapes on earth which will surprise you. In fact, when a team of scientists from Columbia University examined 19 to 60 lakh years old grape seeds found in Panama and Peru, they found that they were related to the dinosaurs found on Earth.
In fact, this research revealed that when about 66 years ago, there was a destruction on Earth through meteorites, the dinosaurs were almost wiped out. This destruction and the extinction of dinosaurs also affected the Earth’s environment and the trees and plants present here. One of these plants was grapes. Let us tell you, seeds of 9 new species of grapes have been found in the fossils of dinosaurs present among some rocks in Central America. These are about 60 lakh years old.
What was revealed in the research?
This research revealed that when the dinosaurs became extinct, it had a major impact on grapes. Due to this impact, the structure of the grape plant changed. Along with this, after the extinction of dinosaurs, when the forests on earth became very dense, they also helped in the development of grapes. Apart from this, when the dinosaurs became extinct and other mammals originated on earth, they played an important role in the spread of grape seeds.
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