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I’d like to introduce you to the rat people

February 8, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

It’s us! Don’t worry, we’re not alone. Our entire clade is made up of rat-hamsters, rat-porpoises, rat-antelope and many, many more. That’s because we, the placentals, owe our ancestry to […]

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