Fossil sheds new light on the history and evolution of chili peppers
In a surprising twist of events, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have identified an ancient chili pepper fossil
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In a surprising twist of events, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have identified an ancient chili pepper fossil
One afternoon in 2021, a postdoctoral researcher and undergraduate at the University of Colorado at Boulder walked into the campus museum not knowing they were about to change the history
One afternoon in 2021, a postdoctoral researcher and undergraduate at the University of Colorado at Boulder walked into the campus museum not knowing they were about to change the history
We thought we knew how chili peppers originally made their way across the world until a 50 million-year-old fossil spiced up the official record.
It turns out chili peppers have been around for much longer than thought. Researchers have found a chili pepper fossil that is about 50 million years old.