Rats might hold clues to ancient migration: study
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Research into the common rat has revealed how people and certain diseases migrated around the ancient world, Australian scientists said on Friday.
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Were early mammals timid creatures suitable only for eating? Not all of them, suggest two remarkable fossils from China
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Rats can use the rhythm of human language to tell the difference between Dutch and Japanese, researchers in Spain reported Sunday.
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Uruguayan scientists have uncovered fossil evidence of the biggest species of rodent ever found, more than eight feet long and weighing between 1,700 and 3,000 pounds.
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Seals track prey with them, rats sense  nearby objects with them and robots could soon be using  whiskers in a similar way to see in the dark and avoid  obstacles, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Researchers use X-ray scanners to create 3-D models of prehistoric creatures preserved inside rocks.
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By Alicia Chang THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  For decades, scientists have scoured Mars in search of water, a basic ingredient for primitive life.  But the best clues were always tied to the ancient past when the Red Planet was warmer and wetter.
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The discovery of a skeleton of a woman barely three feet tall who hunted tiny elephants and huge rats 18,000 years ago could rewrite the story of human evolution, scientists say.
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China may have just ushered in the Year of the Rat, but the pesky rodents aren't welcome in its capital. Rats are the latest target of Beijing's efforts to present a sparkling city for the Olympics in August, with the government announcing a campaign to rid all venues of rodents.
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Imagine a rodent so big it weighs a ton and is the size of a bull. Uruguayan scientists say they have uncovered fossil evidence of the biggest species of rodent ever found, one which roamed South America about 4 million years ago, when the continent was still an island.
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A Swedish geologist has found what appears to be the oldest known fossil from a mammal ever found in Scandinavia &#151; a 145-million-year-old tooth from a prehistoric rodent, a Swedish university said Thursday.
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Researchers in a remote jungle in Indonesia have discovered a giant rat and a tiny possum that are apparently new to science, underscoring the stunning biodiversity of the Southeast Asian nation, scientists said Monday.
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Scientists have discovered the remains of a rodent the size of a small car which used to forage the South American continent. The 1-ton creature is believed to have been about 3 meters in length and 1.5 meters tall.
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In the continuing debate over the origin of the extinct âlittle peopleâ of Indonesia, a team of scientists says it has found evidence that these people were members of a distinct species.
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Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever found.
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The earliest-known human ancestors  to migrate out of Africa possessed a surprising mix of  human-like and primitive features, according to scientists who  studied remains dug up at a fossil-rich site in the former  Soviet republic of Georgia.
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A fossil of a gliding animal shows that mammals experimented with flight around when birds first took to the skies.