A group of scientists with Chicago’s Field Museum recently discovered fossilized grape seeds that may link dinosaurs to today’s abundant wine offerings. The South American study discovered nine new fossil grape species dating back at least 19 million years – with the oldest found in a 60 million-year-old rock. Dr. Fabiany Herrera, assistant curator of … Read more
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Lithouva – earliest fossil grape from the Western Hemisphere, ~60 million years from Colombia. The upper figure shows fossils accompanied by CT reconstruction. The bottom shows the artist’s reconstruction. Credit: Fabiany Herrera, art by Pollyanna von Knorring. If you’ve ever eaten a raisin or enjoyed a glass of wine, you may partly have the extinction … Read more