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Scientists in Canada discovered a football-sized creature with specialized teeth that could grind plants 315 million years ago, potentially rewriting the timeline of when animals first became vegetarians. The fossil, found embedded in an ancient tree stump on Cape Breton Island, suggests plant-eating evolved millions of years earlier than previously thought.
A newly discovered creature from Cape Breton Island may be the earliest four-legged plant-eater ever found, pushing back our understanding of herbivore evolution by millions of years. The football-sized animal had specialized teeth for grinding plants 315 million years ago, when most animals only ate meat.
Scientists discovered a football-sized creature from 307 million years ago that was one of the first land animals to munch on plants instead of meat. The finding rewrites what we thought we knew about how early animals adapted to life on land.
Scientists discovered one of Earth's earliest vegetarian land animals, a 10-inch creature that munched on ferns 307 million years ago. The find rewrites the timeline of when animals first started eating plants.