Vaikka luultiin kuolleiksi jo 11 miljoonaa vuotta sitten!
A family of rodents thought to have died out some 11 million years ago has a descendent alive and well and scampering around Asia.
The rodent, which is grey and squirrel-like, with a bushy tail, was discovered last year being sold for food in the markets of Laos.
The discovery is an example of the 'Lazarus effect' - after the Biblical character resurrected by Jesus - in which an animal reappears in the fossil record or the flesh after it was thought to be extinct.
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060306/full/060306-15.html
A family of rodents thought to have died out some 11 million years ago has a descendent alive and well and scampering around Asia.
The rodent, which is grey and squirrel-like, with a bushy tail, was discovered last year being sold for food in the markets of Laos.
The discovery is an example of the 'Lazarus effect' - after the Biblical character resurrected by Jesus - in which an animal reappears in the fossil record or the flesh after it was thought to be extinct.
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060306/full/060306-15.html
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Vanhimmat
Arvattavasti joku kyselee minulta joskus jotain oravien polveutumisesta :)
Olin ensin varma,että otsikossa näkyvä "he" olisi ollut "helsingistä" -olisi nimittäin totta tuokin.
11 miljoonaa... niitä kynttilöitä en halua olla puhaltelemassa...
Oliko se heppu siinä linkin kuvassa tutunnäköinen?
http://www.helsinki.fi/science/metapop/images/stoat.jpg
"Minusta se muistuttaa kärppää"
(toivottavasti sisäpiirivitsi aukesi)
Linkki aukesi ainakin.
Sisäpiirivitsisi sai ivahymyn räytymään lukijoiden kasvoille ja taisipa päästä pari ivanaurun tyrskähdystäkin.
The results support the idea that the two animals belong in the same family, Dawson's team reports in Science2. Their teeth, for example, have similar enamel, and some have the same four characteristic roots.