Humans and their Environments
Pleistocene anachronisms: the plants the megafauna left behind.
Lecture 36 September 2022
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the end
ground zero
introductory story - Crescentia
Crescentia alata
fruit fall
Crescenia fruit crop
the Crescentia fruit
rotting Crescentia
a solution?
a watery solution?
clues
closer inspection
the art of eating a jicaro fruit
horse-dispersed seeds
the bait
scarification?
Pleistocene horses
ripple effects
a flower specialist
more ripple
horses eat more than jicaro
guacimo fruits