New Frogmouth bird genus found in South Pacific Solomon Islands
Your bird field guide may be out of date now that Florida Museum of Natural History scientists discovered a new…
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Human pubic lice acquired from gorillas gives evolutionary clues
New research indicating early humans acquired public lice from gorillas about 3.3 million years ago sheds new light on when…
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Plants on the move
Florida Museum of Natural History Paleobotany Curator Steve Manchester has concluded a three-year National Science Foundation project comparing 50-million-year old…
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Early Columbus settlement was desperate to find metals
A new study provides evidence that the last inhabitants of Christopher Columbus’ first settlement desperately tried to extract silver from…
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Old Spanish mission found near Gainesville
Rewind 300 years and imagine you are a Spanish colonist in Florida fleeing for your life to the protection of…
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‘Terror bird’ arrived in North America before land bridge
Evidence from a study led by the Florida Museum of Natural History confirms that the carnivorous, seven-foot-tall “terror bird” likely…
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Ancient DNA illuminated
Nestled snugly at the end of Dickinson Hall’s west wing, in a room with bleached concrete floors, bleached counters and…
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Armageddon at postclassic Mayapan
Atlantean columns with the heads lopped off are evidence of a catastrophic revolt at Mayapan. Archaeologists from the Carnegie Institution…
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A queen’s final feast
In 426 AD, a noble we now know as K’inich Yax K’uk’ Mo’ (Great Sun First Quetzal Macaw), arrived in…
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Lost and found?
Every so often scientists discover a plant or animal that was thought to be extinct. A dramatic example is the…
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