Earliest Evidence of Mammal Tusks Dates Back Over 200 Million Years

The oldest evidence of a creature with tusks dates back more than 200 million years ago before the dinosaurs roamed the Earth. The earliest known tusks were found on animals called dicynodonts that were around prior to modern mammals between 270 and 201 million years ago. They could be as small as a rat or... Read more »

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