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Back from the dead: Living fossil identified
livescience via, MSNBC ^ | March 9, 2006 | By Bjorn Carey

Posted on 03/13/2006 2:25:13 PM PST by flevit

A recently discovered fossil of Laonastes matched the "living" specimen in skull shape and overall size. The only difference is that the "living" specimen's teeth are slightly more pointed.

"It looks like possibly one of the things that's been changing in family is improved cutting of vegetation," Dawson told LiveScience. "But over 11 million years you'd expect some differences in the structures."

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To: pcottraux

didnt you already posted this?


21 posted on 03/15/2006 2:42:28 AM PST by S0122017 (I know something you don't know. If you know something I don't know, we can trade.)
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To: Angus MacGregor

He man, time stands still in third world countries, don't you know that?


22 posted on 03/15/2006 2:43:48 AM PST by S0122017 (I know something you don't know. If you know something I don't know, we can trade.)
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To: Angus MacGregor
Rodent had been thought to have died out 11 million years ago
LOL!!
Evolution...wrong again.

Evolution critic... wrong again about evolution being wrong, because he doesn't understand what evolutionary biology actually consists of.

23 posted on 03/15/2006 2:55:34 AM PST by Ichneumon
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