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Scientists discovered a football-sized ancient animal that munched plants 307 million years ago, pushing back the timeline of vegetarian eating by millions of years. The fossil skull from Nova Scotia reveals nature's earliest veggie experiments happened way sooner than we thought.
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 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.
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.