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Jurassic Beavers Challenge Current Mammal Theories

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ancient-canadian-transportation dept.

Bombula writes "According to a BBC article, Castorocauda lutrasimilis, a beaver-like creature discovered in the Jiulongshan Formation in China which apparently lived 164 million years ago, poses challenges to conventional theory of mammalian history. That is, of course, assuming this is a genuine fossil - no small assumption, given Chinese fossils' track record of forgery, fabrication, and fraud."

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  1. Yea, what have the chinese ever done for us by Andy+Gardner · · Score: 4, Insightful
    "Chinese fossils' track record of forgery, fabrication, and fraud" That applies to all of China's `inventions`...

    I suppose papermaking, the compass, gunpowder and printing never were that noteworthy anyway...