We finally know why so many ancient human bones are pulled from the River Thames
Scientists and historians finally know why hundreds of human bones are still being pulled from the bottom of the River Thames ...
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Smithsonian director, renowned illustrator coming to Florida Museum for book signing Feb. 20
Gear up for fossil fun at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s “Cruisin’ Deep Time” Talk and Book Signing on Thursday, Feb ...
Ancient pterosaur bones could inspire the future of aerospace engineering
The microarchitecture of fossil pterosaur bones could hold the key to lighter, stronger materials for the next generation of ...
Underwater fossil bed discovered by collectors preserves rare slice of Florida's past
About half a million years ago, several horses, sloths and armadillos fell into a sinkhole in Florida's Big Bend region and ...
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She Uncovered The Mystery Of Where These Century-Old Blue Whale Bones Came From
At the Natural History Museum, the cetacean collection contains the remains of more than 6,000 specimens of whales, dolphins, ...
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On the Origin of the Pork Taboo
By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...
Repatriation to Indigenous groups is more than law, it’s human rights − an archaeologist describes the day that lesson hit home
As an archaeologist, you picture yourself traveling to some remote location, digging into the ground, and returning to a lab ...
Field Museum marks 100 years since acquiring man-eating Lions of Tsavo
The story of the man-eating lions is fairly well-known, but one Field Museum expert went the extra mile to confirm a specific part of the story.
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Florida Museum fossils go to space
The Florida Museum isn’t the first institution to send fossils into space. Small fossils of a bat, several dinosaurs, a crinoid, a hominid and a trilobite have also made the journey there and back.
Digital Resurrection: Scientists Are on a Mission To Preserve the World’s Most Endangered Marine Mammal
FAU, SeaWorld San Diego, and the San Diego Natural History Museum have joined forces to scan the rare skeleton of the vaquita ...