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In an article recently published in Communications Earth & Environment, researchers comprehensively investigated the critical ...

Divergence time estimates suggest that Theobroma cacao and Theobroma grandiflorum shared a common ancestor ~10.11 million years ago, with Theobroma cacao diverging around 7.55 million years ago.

Forcipomyia are only around one to three millimetres in length. This makes them the perfect size to access the hooded, pollen-producing anthers of the cocoa tree's small flowers. Cocoa flowers grow ...