The Time Avocados Almost Went Extinct - Chowhound

Volodymyr TVERDOKHLIB/Shutterstock When you hear of something going extinct, you don't typically think about the fruits and vegetables in your kitchen. But that's what nearly happened to avocados. Although they're found in abundance in produce aisles around the world, things were different a few millennia ago. The avocado is believed to have originated in Mexico during the Neogene period, roughly 10 million years…