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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. i remember this by illtron · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I remember this -- from when it was actually news, like THREE DAYS AGO. Could anybody who didn't encounter this story in like any of the other billion news or so news sites on the internet please go drink something from under the kitchen sink? Be sure to submit the same story to Slashdot before you expire so we can get a dupe on Monday.

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  2. that's not nice by pele · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    accusing a whole nation of being forgerers is highly irresponsible at best and very stupid and ignorant.

    because all americans are killers, right?