NEW YORK TIMES: City Rats Eat Meat. Country Rats Eat What They Can

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    Dr. Guiry and his co-author, Michael Buckley of the University of Manchester, are specialists in the emerging field of paleoproteomics, which uses the proteins in ancient bones to glean insights into an animal’s behavior. Dr. Guiry wanted to use the technique on rats to see what it could reveal about human populations in the 1800s — a less onerous proposal than digging up and analyzing human remains. Knowledge gained from the research also could help cities better control their rat populations.

    Period16 Oct 2018

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    • TitleCity Rats Eat Meat. Country Rats Eat What They Can.
      Media name/outletNew York Times
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited States
      Date16/10/18
      DescriptionDr. Guiry and his co-author, Michael Buckley of the University of Manchester, are specialists in the emerging field of paleoproteomics, which uses the proteins in ancient bones to glean insights into an animal’s behavior. Dr. Guiry wanted to use the technique on rats to see what it could reveal about human populations in the 1800s — a less onerous proposal than digging up and analyzing human remains. Knowledge gained from the research also could help cities better control their rat populations.
      URLhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/science/rats-cities-meat.html
      PersonsMichael Buckley
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    Keywords

    • biology
    • rats
    • history

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