• Early Carnivore May Have Led to Larger Herbivore
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[url=https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/early-meat-eater-may-have-led-larger-plant-eaters]Source[/url] [quote]The newly identified Eocasea martini didn’t inspire the adult beverage that shares its name, but the small barrel-bodied creature may have set the stage for later, much larger animals to become plant-eaters. A roughly 300 million-year-old fossil of E. martini found in Kansas suggests that the early proto-mammal munched on meat. But species similar in body structure that came after E. martini were vegetarians, which could mean that the later plant-lovers evolved from the smaller, earlier meat-eaters of the group, researchers report April 15 in PLOS ONE. [/quote] [t]https://www.sciencenews.org/sites/default/files/main/blogposts/ticker_fossil_drawing_free.jpg[/t] (is this breaking the "don't post the whole article"? This is all there is)
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