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New understanding of bizarre extinct mammal – Research News

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For more than 100 years, scientists have debated the relationships of a bizarre family of extinct mammals called apatemyids. Distinguished by can opener-shaped upper front teeth and two unusually long fingers, the odd features of these critters have led researchers to compare them with animals from
medical CT, it’s actually an industrial CT scanner,” said Silcox, an assistant professor

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Study puts the ‘Carib’ in ‘Caribbean,’ boosting credibility of Columbus’ cannibal claims – Research News

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Christopher Columbus’ accounts of the Caribbean include harrowing descriptions of fierce raiders who abducted women and cannibalized men – stories long dismissed as myths. But a new study suggests Columbus may have been telling the truth. Using the equivalent of facial recognition technology,
biological component brings the region’s history into sharper focus, said Ann Ross, a professor

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Christopher Columbus – Caribbean Archaeology Program

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Christopher Columbus. Admiral of the Ocean Sea. The Great Navigator. Renown as the champion of the belief that the earth was round. The man who sought the riches of the Far East by sailing to the west, and who happened instead upon a New World. The man who discovered America.  How accurate is the po
As Professor Carl Sauer noted in The Early Spanish Main: “Columbus had originated

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Shedding light on ancient climate change – Research News

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The mysterious appearance of numerous ancient duck bones dating to the sixth century at the Pineland archaeological site on Pine Island in southwest Florida was the first clue to one Museum researcher’s new understanding of the state’s environmental history. Karen Walker, assistant scientist of s
past impacted people and how those people responded,” said Fred Andrus, associate professor

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Funding awarded for research on bagworms, bubonic plague, ancient mammals and a repository of changing seasons – Research News

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Researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History and collaborating institutions have been collectively awarded $2,837,441 in funding from the National Science Foundation this month. Awards were distributed to faculty members in archaeology, vertebrate paleontology, Lepidoptera, biodiversity info
Gabriela Hamerlinck, a professor in the University of Florida’s geography department

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Adriatic ecosystems withstand major climate shifts but wither under human impact – Research News

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An analysis of more than 70,000 fossils indicates that mollusk communities were incredibly resilient to major climatic shifts during the last ice age. Scientists from the Florida Museum of Natural History and several European research institutions tracked the history of Adriatic ecosystems throug
it’s probably because of us,� said lead author Daniele Scarponi, an associate professor

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Cosmic pearls: Fossil clams contain evidence of ancient meteorite – Research News

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Researchers picking through the contents of fossil clams from a Sarasota County quarry found dozens of tiny glass beads, likely the calling cards of an ancient meteorite. Analysis of the beads suggests they are microtektites, particles that form when the explosive impact of an extraterrestrial ob
and Planetary Science “They really stood out,� said Meyer, now an assistant professor

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Fossils link Caribbean bat extinction to humans – Research News

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Sharing caves with millions of bats, the Caribbean’s first humans may have driven some species of the winged mammals to extinction. “Scientists have been studying bat fossils in the Caribbean for years,� said David Steadman, curator of ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History. “The pr
trouble if your food source is being wiped out.� Liliana Dávalos, assistant professor

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Move over, armadillos. There’s a new bone-plated mammal in town – Research News

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Mammals are a bit odd when it comes to bones. Rather than the bony plates and scales of crocodiles, turtles, lizards, dinosaurs and fish, mammals long ago traded in their ancestral suit of armor for a layer of insulating hair. Armadillos, with their protective and flexible shell of imbricated bon
maintain a colony of these rare creatures for research,� said Maden, a biology professor

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