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Evolution

Explosive fossil fruit found buried beneath ancient Indian lava flows

February 16, 2022

Just before the closing scenes of the Cretaceous Period, India was a rogue subcontinent on a collision course with Asia….Read More

Steve Manchester with sea cow fossil

Awards & Honors

Oldest mahogany fossil named for paleobotanist Steven Manchester

April 24, 2020

A fruit from a mahogany tree that flourished in the time of the dinosaurs has been named in honor of…Read More

A specimen of Indovitis chitaleyae

Evolution

World’s oldest-known grape fossils found in India

November 15, 2013

Mysterious unidentified fossilized seeds from India, donated to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in 2005 and stored among the…Read More

fossil seeds held in hand

Evolution

Scientists search for grape fossils at long-forgotten site in Peru

May 1, 2011

In the spring of 2010, Steve Manchester, Florida Museum of Natural History curator of paleobotany, and Fabiany Herrera, a University…Read More

pink flower on green foliage against the sky

Evolution

An early bloom of evolution

May 1, 2009

Florida Museum researchers find that a rapid burst of flowering plants 90 million years ago set the stage for bursts…Read More

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