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Forgotten Colorado Fossils May Rewrite Plant Evolutionary History - Ancient Pages
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Scientists have identified a fossil chili pepper that may rewrite the geography and evolutionary timeline of the tomato plant family. It was previously believed that chili peppers evolved in South America at most 15 million years ago, but new research pushes that date to at least 50 million years ago—and suggests that chili peppers were in fact present in North America at that time.
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