“The playwright Edward Albee has characterized [the suddenness of the appearance of fruits and flowers in evolutionary history] as 'that heartbreaking second when it all got together: the sugars and the acids and the ultraviolets, and the next thing you knew there were tangerines and string quartets.” FoodEvolutionFruitPage 25 Book:The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession Source: The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession
“...avacados, prickly pears and papayas used to be gulped down whole, seeds and all, by fridge-sized armadillos called glyptodonts.” EvolutionFruitPage 28Megafauna Book:The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession Source: The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession