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Vlad
12-13-2006, 04:45 PM
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Mongabay.com (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4i-0&fd=R&url=http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1213-fossil.html&cid=1111968928&ei=o56ARYzmI5L2oAL0n9j_Cg)'Squirrel' was first mammal to fly 125 million years ago (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0&fd=R&url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article2073054.ece&cid=1111968928&ei=o56ARYzmI5L2oAL0n9j_Cg)
Independent - 39 minutes ago
By Steve Connor, Science Editor. A squirrel-like mammal that lived 125 million years ago appears to have discovered flight at about the same time, or even earlier, than the first birds, scientists have found.
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