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Jonathan Bloch

primitive skull and image of brain

Evolution

54-million-year-old skull reveals early evolution of primate brains

June 22, 2009

Researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History and the University of Winnipeg have developed the first detailed images of…
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Titanoboa and anaconda vertebrae

Life on Earth

At 45 feet long, ‘Titanoboa’ snake ruled the Amazon

April 1, 2009

Florida Museum researchers’ discovery of a giant fossilized snake in Colombia reveals a picture of warmer tropics ruled by beasts…
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discovering fossils

Fieldwork

Fossils offer clues to North Florida’s past

December 1, 2007

In a limestone quarry near Newberry, Fla., paleontologists and volunteers from the Florida Museum of Natural History are scrambling to…
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skull of animal

Evolution

Paleontologist discovers most primitive primate skeleton

April 1, 2007

The roots of the primate family tree are now more clearly defined in the fossil record, and about 10 million…
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fossil leaf

Climate Change

Global warming dramatically changed ancient forests

November 10, 2005

Palmettos in Pennsylvania? Magnolias in Minnesota? The migration of subtropical plants to northern climates may not be too far-fetched if…
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Jonathan Bloch and Doug Boyer

Evolution

Discovery raises questions about origin of African mammals

October 1, 2005

“Into Africa” rather than “Out of Africa” could well be the better description of how certain mammals originated and spread…
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