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Laotian Rock Rat - from the age of dinosaurs!
DNA analysis supports the argument that the newly discovered Laotian Rock Rat is in fact genetically separated from all other rodents by 44 million years, making it a survivor from the age of dinosaurs. Illustration.
Full article at Ars Technica
From the article: "Given this sequence data, it appears that Laonastes is the only living member of an entire family of mammals, the otherwise extinct Diatomyidae."
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Posted by: admin on 25th Apr 2007 09:08 PM
Updated by: admin on 25th Apr 2007 09:08 PM
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