MANILA, Philippines — The fossils of three unique species of a giant cloud rodent were unearthed in the caves in Northern Luzon, a breakthrough study from the University of the Philippines (UP) showed.
According to an article posted in UP’s website, the discovery was made by a team from UP, the Philippine National Museum, and the Field Museum of National History from the United States, after they studied fossil remains obtained from different caves in Northern Luzon.
All three species were believed to have lived simultaneously with the oldest human species known in the country, the Homo luzonensis. Two of the rodent species went extinct only around 2,000 yea…
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