🦖🍽️ The #asteroid that killed #dinosaurs 66 million years ago transformed #Earth's #forests from open canopy to dense #rainforests, creating new ecological niches where many of today's #food crops first evolved.
Field Museum paleobotanist Mike Donovan explains how green beans, yams, #coffee, cacao, and other #Thanksgiving staples only began developing after dinosaurs disappeared, making these foundational foods a direct consequence of the mass extinction event.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/thanksgiving-dinner-dinosaurs/