Blows my mind whenever I remember dinosaurs evolved before grass did
Blows my mind whenever I remember dinosaurs evolved before grass did
Blows my mind whenever I remember dinosaurs evolved before grass did
Grasses are a relative latecomer as plants go. And obviously incredibly successful
Mammaries literally happened before grass too. Between this and the many attempts at evolving crabs, evolution is clearly drunk and needs to go home and sleep it off
Grasses better adapted to warmer climates were even more recent

https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/205479
The world had little 12" tall horses before it had grasses that could thrive in hot summer weather

https://www.equineguelph.ca/equimania/EvolutionTimeline/eohippus.html
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