Chewing surface of two lower teeth of a 20 million-year-old cane rat discovered by scientists at a hominoid locality in northern Uganda. The specimen is at the Uganda National Museum, Kampala. (Credit: Dale Winkler, SMU)
Chewing surface of two lower teeth of a 20 million-year-old cane rat discovered by scientists at a hominoid locality in northern Uganda. The specimen is at the Uganda National Museum, Kampala. (Credit: Dale Winkler, SMU)
Rats go way back
There’s a close association between vermin and pests and Rats.
65 million years is a rather extraordinary extrapolation. Science used to be testable.
Was that before global warming?
Hmmm. Prehistoric rodents...
Modern democRATS anyone?
>Rodents Were Diverse and Abundant in Prehistoric Africa When Our Human Ancestors Evolved
Yeah - they evolved into politicians.
Seems to me they’re diverse and abundant now. Just today with our grand daughter we were admiring a squirrel lunching on a decorative pumpkin out on the patio. “Who needs Yellowstone?” was my thought.
Except our ancient ancestors did not “evolve”...
