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Science 14 October 1966:
Vol. 154. no. 3746, p. 264
DOI: 10.1126/science.154.3746.264
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Fossil Occurrence of Murine Rodent (Nesokia indica) in the Sudan

Peter Robinson 1

1 University of Colorado Museum, Boulder

A specimen of the murid rodent Nesokia indica has been recovered from a late Paleolithic archeological site in the Sudan. This is a range 1200 km south of the site of any known occurrences, and it indicates a different environment near the Nile River than that which exists at the present time. The late Paleolithic water table is inferred to have been more stable, allowing for permanent moist soil.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Kom Ombo: Preliminary Report on the Fauna of Late Paleolithic Sites in Upper Egypt.
C. S. Churcher, C. S. Churcher, and P. E. L. Smith (1972)
Science 177, 259-261
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