the t-rex roamed what is now western north america. the cretaceous–paleogene extinction event, which rendered extinct the presence of the t-rex and his cousins, is estimated to have occurred
66 million years ago.
Watermelon is thought to have originated in southern Africa, where it is found growing wild. It reaches maximum genetic diversity there, with sweet, bland and bitter forms.
In the 19th century, Alphonse de Candolle claimed the watermelon was indigenous to tropical Africa. Though
Citrullus colocynthis is often considered to be a wild ancestor of watermelon and is now found native in north and west Africa, it has been suggested on the basis of chloroplast DNA investigations that the cultivated and wild watermelon diverged independently from a common ancestor, possibly
C. ecirrhosus from Namibia.
Evidence of its cultivation in the Nile Valley was found from the
second millennium BC. Watermelon seeds have been found at Twelfth Dynasty sites and in the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Watermelon is also mentioned in the Bible as a food eaten by the ancient Israelites while they were in bondage in Egypt.
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