'Oldest' woolly rhino discovered

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14754317


The discovery team says it might have used its horn as a paddle to sweep snow from vegetation

A woolly rhino fossil dug up on the Tibetan Plateau is believed to be the oldest specimen of its kind yet found.

The creature lived some 3.6 million years ago - long before similar beasts roamed northern Asia and Europe in the ice ages that gripped those regions.

The discovery team says the existence of this ancient rhino supports the idea that the frosty Tibetan foothills of the Himalayas were the evolutionary cradle for these later animals.

The report appears in Science journal.

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1. I love these stories!

But... Robin Williams has been known about for quite a while.

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2. dupe.

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The Tibetan woolly rhino fossil is in generally good condition, if a little misshapen


The horn has not been preserved but its nature has been judged from the skull


The Zanda Basin is rich in fossils but is largely unexplored by palaeontologists

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3. ah -- i didn't check gd for this story -- just science.

my apologies.

[WhiteTara]

4. we're the only ones who cared anyway!

:rofl: Great minds and all