Sixty-million-year-old grape seeds reveal how the death of the dinosaurs paved the way for the spread of grapes
Lithouva – the earliest fossil grape from the Western Hemisphere, ~60 million years old from Colombia. Top image shows fossil accompanied by CT scan reconstruction. Bottom image shows artist’s reconstruction. Credit: Fabiany Herrera, art by Pollyanna von Knorring. If you’ve ever consumed raisins or enjoyed a glass of wine, you may have partly to thank … Read more