Biol Theory January 2023 PMID 37214192

Bearing Fruit: Miocene Apes and Rosaceous Fruit Evolution.

Robert N Spengler, Frank Kienast, Patrick Roberts, Nicole Boivin, David R Begun, Kseniia Ashastina, Michael Petraglia

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The text discusses how large fruit-bearing trees in Eurasia, like apples, pears, plums, and peaches, started evolving around nine million years ago to attract animals for seed dispersal, with traits like bright colors and high sugar content.
These adaptations likely involved a mutual relationship with large animals, including now-extinct megafauna such as bears, horses, elephants, and potentially large primates, which helped spread the seeds during the late Miocene period.
The idea that primates might have played a significant role in this seed dispersal process suggests a long-standing mutualism that predates human agriculture, possibly establishing early relationships between large apes and fruit trees millions of years ago.]

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