Tag Archives: Fabiany Herrera

Dinosaur extinction paved the way for grapes, 60-million-year-old seeds reveal

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Grapes have been intertwined with humanity’s story for thousands of years, forming the basis of the wines our ancestors produced thousands of years ago – but according to new research, that might not have been… Read More »

Meet ‘Turtwig’, an ancient species of turtle once thought to be a plant

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. New research has revealed that ancient plant fossils that surprised scientists were not actually plants. Instead, the small round shapes bearing a leaf-like pattern were the shells of baby turtles that once lived at the… Read More »