#Chilean #Patagonia 74 million B.C: time for small #mouse - like creature
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250812-scientists-find-74-million-year-old-mammal-fossil-in-chile
And then, in forty million B.C., #caviomorphs #rafted from #Africa to #SouthAmerica, later evolving into such #rodents as #capybara my take here
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/07/revolt-of-the-capybaras-have-these-large-rodents-taken-over-or-reclaimed-whats-theirs/ #darwin #evolution #science #wildlife