GrumpyDumps t1_j9jpbjw wrote on February 22, 2023 at 1:38 PM Reply to comment by TheLimeyCanuck in TIL - That avocado seeds are so large because they depended on extinct megafauna to eat and disperse them. by byronhadleigh Yeah but what about the gap in time where the majority of megafauna died off before humans began cultivation? I don't know how long that would be, but it seems like it would be a long ass time. How do the avacados propagate then? Permalink Parent 2
GrumpyDumps t1_j9jpbjw wrote
Reply to comment by TheLimeyCanuck in TIL - That avocado seeds are so large because they depended on extinct megafauna to eat and disperse them. by byronhadleigh
Yeah but what about the gap in time where the majority of megafauna died off before humans began cultivation? I don't know how long that would be, but it seems like it would be a long ass time. How do the avacados propagate then?