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Advait Jukar

Illustration of a giant, extinct elephant in front of some deer in a lush, mountainous landscape.

Life on Earth

Rare fossils of extinct elephant document the earliest known instance of butchery in India

October 21, 2024

During the late middle Pleistocene, between 300 and 400 thousand years ago, at least three ancient elephant relatives died near…
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Advait Jukar joins Florida Museum of Natural History as newest curator of vertebrate paleontology

August 7, 2024

The Florida Museum of Natural History welcomes Advait Jukar as its newest curator of vertebrate paleontology. He replaces curator emeritus…
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