South American Mastodons Regularly Consumed Fruits, Study Suggests

Jun 13, 2025 - 17:00
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South American Mastodons Regularly Consumed Fruits, Study Suggests
Diversity of extinct mammals that inhabited the surroundings of Lake Tagua Tagua, Chile. Image credit: Mauricio Álvarez.

Most megafaunal herbivores in the Americas went extinct around 10,000 years ago, presumably disrupting the long-distance seed dispersal of large, fleshy-fruited plant species.

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