If you’re a fan of avocados, you might have heard that they only exist thanks to prehistoric creatures called giant ground sloths. In fact, you’ve probably heard that from us. But as it turns out, the real story is way more complicated - so here's Hank to break down the avocado fact and fiction.

Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him)

*We looked at both paleontological and archaeological evidence for this video, and in a couple places we said one when we meant the other, sorry!*

Corrections:
2:41 This should be “the fossil record”
4:28 This should be "Paleontologists analyzed"
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