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Attributes of living species that are best explained as having been favorably selected due to coevolution with other species that have since become extinct
Evolutionary anachronism, also known as "ecological anachronism", is a term initially referring to attributes of native plant species (primarily fruit, but also thorns) that seemed best explained as having been favorably selected in the past due to their coevolution with plant-eating megafauna that are now extinct. Diminished effectiveness and distance of seed dispersal by fruit-eating mammals inh... Wikipedia