Grape vines thrive in crowded forests, where they twist and turn through the understory and canopy, latching onto other plants for support. Without dinosaurs pruning the forests back, grape vine ...

partly due to the disappearance of dinosaurs. Approximately 50 million years ago, fossilized grape seeds started to appear ...

The extinction of large dinosaurs likely led to denser forests as these creatures were no longer knocking down trees, creating an environment conducive to the growth of vine plants like grapes.