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I appreciate the caveat of "morphologically", otherwise chicken would of made that list, as would of the entire avian population. https://www.edenproject.com/l
by Zenst 5y ago
I appreciate the caveat of "morphologically", otherwise chicken would of made that list, as would of the entire avian population.
https://www.edenproject.com/learn/eden-at-home/a-guide-to-prehistoric-plants https://www.edenproject.com/learn/eden-at-home/a-guide-to-pr... has a nice list of plants of the era and "Black peppers" seems to be one that ticks the box's and not upon the list.
- bcherny 5y agoThanks! I can't find evidence that black pepper in particular is that old. I'm not sure what Eden Project is, but I can't find any references on the page you linked. Searching around a bit: [1] claims Myocene (5-20M years ago) [2] claims the genus is as old as the Upper Cretaceous (100M years ago), but I don't see the Piper Nigrum (black pepper) species in Table 1. So, it seems to be a bit more modern than some of the other plants in my post. Please correct me if I missed anything, or if you find a good source! 1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1055790318307024?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S10557... 2. https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.3732/ajb.1400427 https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.3732/ajb....
- irrational 5y agoDinosaur shaped chicken nuggets always get a chuckle out of me.
- Consultant32452 5y agoOnce we get Jurassic Park up and running we can get chicken shaped dinosaur nuggets.
- herodoturtle 5y agoKentucky Fried Theropods
- bigyellow 5y agoFunny we have to euphemise "nuggets" to suppress the true horrors and terrors of meat production. You're getting a chuckle because your brain is off.
- ipspam 5y agoTo the contrary, nuggets are environmentally friendly. They take a waste product and turn it into gold that people fight over and pay big bucks for. Its essence of chicken, without all the work of separating and eating the meat yourself.
- bigyellow 5y agoQuite easily the dumbest comment I've heard on HN. I hope it was sarcasm.
- rendall 5y ago"would have"
- Zenst 5y agoThank you.
- rendall 5y agoNo problem, Zenst. It's a common error.
- RobotCaleb 5y agoAlternatively, would've
- daveslash 5y agoI'd've thought so too.