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How the disappearance of mastodons still threatens native South American forests

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A new study led by the University of O'Higgins, Chile , finds evidence of frugivory in Notiomastodon platensis, a South American Pleistocene mastodon.
The study was led by Erwin González-Guarda and IPHES-CERCA researchers.
Mastodons vanished from South America 10,000 years ago , breaking a co-evolutionary alliance that had lasted for millennia.
More information: Erwin González-Guarda et al, Fossil evidence of proboscidean frugivory and its lasting impact on South American ecosystems, Nature Ecology & Evolution ( 2025 ). DOI: 10.1038 /s41559-025-02713-8 Journal information: Nature Ecology & Evolution Provided by Autonomous University of Barcelona.
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