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After watching How to Grow a Planet, I thought about this same question. Considering flowers appeared to the end of the dinosaur era, there wouldn't be much to
by forinti 5y ago
After watching How to Grow a Planet, I thought about this same question.
Considering flowers appeared to the end of the dinosaur era, there wouldn't be much to eat, except the dinosaurs themselves, and other animals (lots of sea food!).
It's interesting to read about these other plants.
- culi 5y agoFlowers are necessary for fruit, but not for plants in general. Plants and algae and fungi existed long long before flowers evolved. You can still rely on leaves (spinach, lettuce, chard, etc), roots/tubers (yams, potatoes, carrots, etc), stems (celery, asparagus, bamboo, etc), and many other parts. Not to mention the majority of lichen are edible and the many many edible mushroom species. Also edible algae and seaweeds
- forinti 5y agoYes, but Dicotyledons are pretty important in our current diet.