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Merychippus – Fossil Horses

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Merychippus represents a milestone in the evolution of horses. Though it retained the primitive character of 3 toes, it looked like a modern horse. Merychippus had a long face. Its long legs allowed it to escape from predators and migrate long distances to feed. It had high-crowned cheek teeth, maki
ruminated. Merychippus got its name because the crests of the teeth of reminded Professor

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North American Species – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum

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Horses evolved in North America and traveled south during the interchange, later becoming extinct in the Americas before Spaniards reintroduced the horse we know today. Saber-toothed Cats also migrated south, where they thrived on new prey options. Summary Horse Skull (Equis insulatus) From Tar
Bruce MacFadden Curator, Vertebrate Paleontology* Distinguished Professor* Florida

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Jonathan Bloch appointed chair of department of natural history – Research News

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Jonathan Bloch has been appointed chair of the Florida Museum of Natural History department of natural history. In the new role, Bloch plans to work with the museum’s team of faculty curators, collections managers, postdoctoral researchers and students to continue documenting the world’s biodiver
co-authored more than 90 professional publications, is also a University of Florida Term Professor

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Southern Dusky Salamander – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum

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The Dusky Salamander was once common in the southeastern United States. In recent years, UF researchers have documented population drops and even disappearances within its range, such as in Devil’s Millhopper sinkhole in Gainesville where they were once abundant. Summary Southern Dusky Salamande
Kenneth Dodd Courtesy Associate Professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

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Florida False Rosemary – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum

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A species unknown to science until the 1990s, Florida False Rosemary occurs in small populations in very restricted scrub habitats in Putnam County. The plant was quickly put on the endangered species list, protecting the lands where it occurs from future development. Summary Florida False Rosem
Walter Judd Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Florida Biology Department

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New books present the PhyloCode, an evolution-based system for naming organisms – Research News

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Move over, Linnaeus: There’s a new way of naming organisms. Scientists have formalized an alternative set of rules 285 years after the publication of the first edition of “Systema Naturae,� the landmark volume marking the beginning of the rank-based system for categorizing and naming life. Known
at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, and Philip Cantino, professor

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New $12.5 million National Science Foundation grant awarded to study phenomenon affecting agriculture, cancer, biodiversity and more – Research News

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It’s in your heart and liver, in the vegetables you eat, in the rogue cells that cause cancer. Those who live in temperate regions are surrounded by more of it than people who live in the tropics, and without it, humans wouldn’t exist. It’s called polyploidy, and only within the last few years ha
processes that hardly anybody knows about,� said Doug Soltis, a distinguished professor

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Archaeologists awarded NSF grant to survey Florida cultural heritage sites damaged by Hurricane Ian – Research News

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The National Science Foundation has awarded emergency funding to archaeologists at three institutions to survey cultural heritage sites damaged by Hurricane Ian earlier this year. Researchers from the Florida Museum of Natural History, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Georgia coll
Isabelle Holland-Lulewicz, an assistant professor of anthropology at Penn State and

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