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  1. Not too surprising though. There's likely quite a few mammals still undiscovered. A new species of ungulate (antelope, in this case) was discovered just a few years ago, and I bet it's way bigger than that rat. Indonesia has been one of the "busiest" places in the world for the discovery and description of just about all kinds of species (plants, invertebrates, vertebrates, etc) since it's relatively unknown (by scientists, anyway) and a great hotbed of biodiversity, since it's tropical and has a wide range of elevations, along with a lot of islands (which promote speciation, according to Dr. Darwin).


  2. The nice thing about the scientific method is that anyone can come up with testable ideas... but it's easy to refute certain ones. In this case, I've seen fossils in a "natural" (non-museum) environment myself, and I'm pretty sure no one physically put them there. Therefore, hypothesis refuted. Oh, and scientists that study fossil forms (including dinosaurs) would be paleontologists, not archaeologists. Archaeologists study ancient (and some modern) human civilizations.


  3. I've noticed Google seems to regularly update the images they post... the ones of my house are newer now than they were a year or two ago, reflecting changes in my neighborhood (construction, etc). I'm also glad that Google offers such nice support for Linux... no problem running it on my desktop box (Kubuntu).

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