Dinosaur Food: 100M year old foods we still eat today
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HN comment orderFun idea. At least one correction for the table: For wila/bryorii fremonti's age of 250mya they cite the "geologic history" of... moss. Wila is a lichen, which is primarily fungal with algal symbiotes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryoria_fremontii And even given an edible moss, the fact that moss existed 250mya would not imply that particular species existed "morphologically unchanged". The "reindeer lichen" entry appears to have the same issue.
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-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.
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| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
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| 2022-01-18 | Dinosaur Food: the oldest plants we still eat today | bcherny | 3 | 0 |
| 2022-01-19 | Dinosaur food: 100M year old foods we still eat todayFirst breakout | bcherny | 135 | 106 |
| 2025-12-27 | Dinosaur Food: 100M year old foods we still eat today | jxmorris12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-02-19 | Dinosaur Food: 100M year old foods we still eat todayBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | simonebrunozzi | 137 | 104 |