Friday, February 29, 2008

Rhino bones prove ancient bridges to Anatolia -- study - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

"Rhino bones prove ancient bridges to Anatolia -- study

Agence France-Presse
First Posted 22:27:00 02/29/2008

PARIS -- A 25-million year old rhino bone shows that Anatolia, the bulk of modern-day Turkey, was not then encircled by water, as some geologists have contended, according to a study published Friday.

The first evidence that a pre-historic rhinoceros from the genus Paraceratherium wandered the rugged hills and plateaus of Anatolia in the late Oligecene era proves that a land passage to Asia existed at the same time, said the study."

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