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Fossil Rises From its Grave
gokulpod writes "Scientific American reports that a family of animals known as Diatomyidae thought to have been dead for 11 million years has been discovered in Laos. From the article: 'Fossilized remnants of this group have been found throughout Asia with a distinctive jaw structure and molars. It represents a rare opportunity to compare assumptions derived from the fossil record and an actual living specimen to determine overall accuracy of the techniques involved. This discovery also provides a compelling argument for preservation efforts in Southeast Asia.'"
I for one welcome our new fossilized overlords.
Funny how it mysteriously hasn't evolved at all over the last 11 million years...
After 11 million years, I'd expect the descendants of those fossils to have evolved considerably... and yet, apparently, they haven't. It's like 11 million years of relative evolutionary stasis.
You can run but you can't hide, except, apparently, along the Afghan-Pakistani border.