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Big-game hunters, not climate change, killed off sloths – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/big-game-hunters-not-climate-change-killed-off-sloths/

Prehistoric big game hunters and not the last ice age are the likely culprits in the extinction of giant ground sloths and other North American great mammals such as mammoths, mastodons and saber-toothed tigers, says a Florida Museum of Natural History researcher. Determining whether the firs
Gary Haynes, anthropology professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, said Steadman

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Past Research Associates – South Florida Archaeology & Ethnography

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Robert J. Austin Bob is Vice President and Principal Investigator of Southeastern Archaeological Research, Inc. He holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Florida and a M.A. in Public Archaeology from the University of South Florida. He has worked as a Florida archaeologist and lithic
Susan D. deFrance Susan is a Professor in the Anthropology Department, University

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Florida Museum students awarded NSF graduate fellowships – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/2019-nsf-graduate-fellowships/

Three Florida Museum of Natural History doctoral students have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, a competitive funding opportunity that supports scientists in the early stages of their career. The awardees are Shelly Gaynor of the museum’s Laboratory of Molec
student,” said Gaynor’s adviser Pamela Soltis, University of Florida distinguished professor

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Plant biologist Pam Soltis receives SURA’s Distinguished Scientist Award – Research News

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University of Florida plant biologist Pam Soltis will receive the Southeastern Universities Research Association’s 2018 Distinguished Scientist Award, given annually to a scientist whose extraordinary work fulfills the association’s mission to “advance collaborative research and strengthen the scien
Soltis, a distinguished professor and curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History

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Florida Museum honors 2023 Austin and Biodiversity award winners – Research News

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The Florida Museum of Natural History has announced the winners of the annual Austin and biodiversity graduate student awards. Jeanette Pirlo, who recently completed a doctorate in biology, and Indah Huegele, a current doctoral candidate studying paleobotany, both received the 2023 Austin Award f
Pirlo graduated in the summer and is now an assistant professor of evolutionary biology

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New study shows scientists improve communication, education skills after working with teachers – Research News

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Every summer from 2012 to 2016, Bruce MacFadden and a team of scientists accompanied K-12 teachers on an expedition to collect fossils around the Panama Canal. During this National Science Foundation funded professional development program, educators learned from paleontologists how to identify foss
into the field reenergized us about our own work,” said MacFadden, distinguished professor

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Saving McCarty Woods – Laboratory of Molecular Systematics & Evolutionary Genetics

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/soltis-lab/2021/11/16/saving-mccarty-woods/

Written by: Roxanne Hoorn The Florida Museum of Natural History (FM) is promoting biodiversity and conservation efforts around the world, but staff and students are making sure we don’t forget about our own precious natural areas, right here on the University of Florida campus. “I mean, here we ar
Doug Soltis, Distinguished Professor at the Florida Museum and the Department of

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Catnip’s chemical attractant is new twist on old family tradition – Research News

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Catnip is most famous for its ability to launch felines into a euphoric frenzy, but the origin of its cat-attracting chemical is a remarkable example of evolutionary innovation. While the compound nepetalactone drives two-thirds of cats batty, likely by mimicking sex pheromones, its real purpose
Florida Museum of Natural History curator and University of Florida distinguished professor

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Butterflies and plants evolved in sync, but moth ‘ears’ predated bats – Research News

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Butterflies and moths rank among the most diverse groups in the animal kingdom, with nearly 160,000 known species, ranging from the iconic blue morpho to the crop-devouring armyworm. Scientists have long attributed these insects’ rich variety to their close connections with other organisms. Butte
,” said the study’s lead author Akito Kawahara, University of Florida associate professor

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