- [[Tamed by Alice Roberts#ch05p144-147 humans are similar to mole rats|we're both adapted to eat rhizomes and tubers that grow under the African savannah]] - [higher-ranked mole-rats most likely have an immunological advantage over animals with lower social status](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220407141919.htm) which is probably also true of humans.