Tooth Morphology & Glossary Common questions about modern and fossil shark teeth
Since most teeth are found mixed and scattered, it has led to much confusion even
Baweka, translated from the Taino language as „Large Northern Basin,“ was the name for the Caicos Bank at the time of Columbus. From Abawana (Grand Turk) to Makobisa (West Caicos) the islands supported a thriving native population on the eve of European conquest. Nestled between the Bahama Islands
a stone at the center of the field, in which there was a ball-size depression, led
Irving Rouse, the doyen of Caribbean archaeology, once estimated that pottery comprised 90% of all artifacts found in the region. It should come as no surprise then that the precontact history of the islands is written as if broken pieces of pottery (called sherds[1]) – not people – were the main ac
Photo courtesy of Mark Parrish The discovery of earth ovens on Long Island led us
The Journal of Caribbean Archaeology (JCA) was created to provide a refereed publication outlet for archaeological research in the Caribbean and surrounding areas to promote and facilitate communication between investigators working across the broad circum-Caribbean region. JCA was founded in 1999
Tobago (Arie Boomert) Modelling mobility and exchange in pre-Columbian Cuba: GIS led
Letter from the McGuire Center’s Director It has been 20 years since the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity opened thanks to the visionary support of Dr. Bill and Nadine McGuire and the dedicated commitment of founding director Dr. Thomas Emmel. We are proud of what has been accomplish
Butterflies The Center’s extensive program studying butterflies in the Andes has led
Early in May 2023, a small team of marine biologists arrived in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. They’d flown into the local airport from Guam, the United States, Portugal, Spain and Japan, and they’d soon rendezvous with colleagues from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST
know what species or even what group we’re looking at,� Carvalho said. “That led
Mixson’s Bone Bed University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality LV009 Location About 1.8 miles (2.9 km) northeast of Williston, Levy County, Florida; 29.41° N, 82.43° W. Age Late Miocene Epoch; early Hemphillian (Hemphillian 1) land mammal age About 8 to 9 million years old (estim
Crews led by Ted Galusha collected the site for Childs Frick (see Galusha, 1975).
The event celebrated the work of TESI collaborators who have excelled in Earth systems education, outreach, and communication.
She took fellows on a golf cart tour of living shorelines, led them on a horseshoe
The smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) is one of five sawfish species living in tropical and subtropical rivers, lakes, and coastal areas worldwide. They are a fish characterized by long life, slow growth, late maturity, and low fecundity, making them extremely vulnerable to any changes that may
This severe decline in population led to two petitions: the Ocean Conservancy’s 1999
Akito Kawahara was snapping pictures at a scenic outlook in Hawaii when he spotted the moth equivalent of a dodo. An entomologist, Kawahara recognized the squiggly patterns on nearby plants as trails carved by leaf-mining caterpillars and lowered his camera to take a closer look. To his astonishm
According to research led by Johns, the moths’ lineage likely dates back about 21
