Rat fossils of largest rat that ever existed
Monday, November 9, 2015 - 04:27
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Archaeologists have discovered fossils of seven giant rat species on East Timor, with the largest up to 10 times the size of modern rats. The work is part of the From Sunda to Sahul project which is looking at the earliest human movement through Southeast Asia. Researchers are now trying to work out exactly what caused the rats to die out.