5-million year old teeth indicate Indian origins of bush rat genus
Scientists in India have found an ancient ancestor of the Indian bush rat (Golunda ellioti), which is the only surviving species of its genus.
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Pliocene
5-Million Old Fossil is the Oldest Appalachian Deer
In Tennessee’s Gray Fossil Site, paleontologists have found fossils of an ancient deer, Eocoileus gentryorum, dating to the early pliocene.
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Prehistoric Australian Wallaby Has Closest Living Relative in New Guinea
Fossils found in central Australia reveal a surprising link: a 6-million-year-old wallaby is related to forest-wallabies now found only in New Guinea.
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Prehistoric Mammal Changed Its Diet During Ancient Global Warming
A new paper describes how during a global warm period 56 million years ago, a jackal-sized carnivorous mammal Dissacus praenuntius changed its diet to survive.
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