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Fig. 2 Fossil record occurrence summarized from literature for Acrocomia with their ages BP. Hypothesis (a) dispersion of Acrocomia species by Mayans had started in Mexico toward Central America (Lentz 1990). (b) South America dispersion of fruits toward Central America (Morcote-Rios and Bernal 2001). The date highlighted in the rectangle refers to the oldest known record. References: 9530+/−100 (Gneeco and Mora 1997); 8040+/−390 (Cooke 1992); 7000–4500 (Cooke and Ranere 1992); 6750–2450 (Ranere 1980; Smith 1980); 6750 (Lentz 1990; Smith 1965); 4210+/−90; 2960+/−180 (Cooke and Ranere 1992); 3150 (Vega