Scientists from the Wageningen University in the Netherlands, say the meteorite 10 kilometers in diameter that hit the earth causing the extinction of the dinosaurs and 70% of living species on the planet , was also responsible for the red color of tomatoes today.
This hypothesis was born after the May 30 publication of the tomato genome in the journal Nature. According to that study the genetic sequence of the plant was smaller than at present, but it tripled in size between 60 and 70 million years, coinciding with the collision of celestial object.
