Nandomas Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 New Understanding of Bizarre Extinct Mammal: Shares Common Ancestor With Rodents, Primate University of Florida researchers presenting new fossil evidence of an exceptionally well-preserved 55-million-year-old North American mammal have found it shares a common ancestor with rodents and primates, including humans. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101011142411.htm Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Peter Houde is involved, so I am compelled to stifle my skepticism so as not to look the fool; this is probably good science! Very odd preparation of the skeleton for study, though... "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted October 15, 2010 Author Share Posted October 15, 2010 Peter Houde is involved, so I am compelled to stifle my skepticism so as not to look the fool; this is probably good science! Very odd preparation of the skeleton for study, though... Auspex, don't you like or agree with Houde works? Tell us more :geek: Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Auspex, don't you like or agree with Houde works? Tell us more :geek: I admire and respect Houde very much; I meant to say that he lends tremendous credibility to the study! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-dog Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Nice post,now excuse me I have a sudden urge to eat some cheese. Bear-dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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