Researchers discover oldest evidence of nails in modern primates
From hot pink to traditional French and Lady Gaga’s sophisticated designs, manicured nails have become the grammar of fashion. But…
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Scientists search for grape fossils at long-forgotten site in Peru
In the spring of 2010, Steve Manchester, Florida Museum of Natural History curator of paleobotany, and Fabiany Herrera, a University…
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Researchers help pinpoint key events in ancient plant evolution
Researchers from the University of Florida and six other institutions have unlocked some of the key foundations for the evolution…
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Fossil reveals new genus of 125-million-year-old eudicot from China
A Florida Museum researcher has helped describe the earliest known fossil remains of a flowering plant from China that has…
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Flowering plant study ‘catches evolution in the act’
A new Florida Museum study shows when two flowering plants are crossed to produce a new hybrid, the new species’ genes are…
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UF researchers help sequence genome of ancient flowering plant
In a letter to his friend and colleague, 19th century naturalist Charles Darwin referred to the sudden and rapid diversification…
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New understanding of bizarre extinct mammal
For more than 100 years, scientists have debated the relationships of a bizarre family of extinct mammals called apatemyids. Distinguished…
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Ancient global warming resulted in carnivorous mammal’s evolution
About 55 million years ago, a warming event that swept the globe had a profound effect on mammals. A Florida…
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Uncovering the ancient origins of modern opossum
A Florida Museum researcher has co-authored a study tracing the evolution of the modern opossum back to the extinction of…
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Plant fossils give first picture of earliest Neotropical rainforests
A Florida Museum of Natural History paleobotanist and other researchers have used a rich cache of plant fossils discovered in…
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