Bones of Extinct Giant Cloud Rats Found in Philippine Cave
Alongside thetiny humansthat once inhabit the Philippines lived several hitherto unsung species of jumbo rats , accord to a Modern studypublishedtoday in the Journal of Mammalogy . The enquiry broadens our understanding of the twig on the tree of life constituted by these elephantine cloud rats , showing the rodents had more radiations than antecedently known . In terms of the fossil record , Callao Cave on the island of Luzon in the Philippines is probably advantageously bang for the find of Homo luzonensis , a remarkably short relative of modern man that experience ten of thousands of age ago ....