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Dinosaur Extinction Indirectly Shaped Evolution of Our Fruit-Eating Ancestors, Researchers Say

Plant-eating sauropod dinosaurs were ecosystems engineers, profoundly changing their environments by knocking down trees and eating high volumes of vegetation. The post Dinosaur Extinction Indirectly Shaped Evolution of Our Fruit-Eating Ancestors, Researchers Say appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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Dinosaur Extinction Indirectly Shaped Evolution of Our Fruit-Eating Ancestors, Researchers Say
A herd of the Jurassic sauropod dinosaur Camarasaurus walks through a mostly coniferous floodplain forest in what will one day be Utah. Such large dinosaurs transform the landscape with their massive footfalls and bodies, damaging trees and increasing light levels for the saplings on the forest floor. Image credit: Victor O. Leshyk / Northern Arizona University.

Plant-eating sauropod dinosaurs were ecosystems engineers, profoundly changing their environments by knocking down trees and eating high volumes of vegetation.

The post Dinosaur Extinction Indirectly Shaped Evolution of Our Fruit-Eating Ancestors, Researchers Say appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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