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‘Terror bird’ arrived in North America before land bridge, study finds

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida-led study has determined that Titanis walleri, a prehistoric 7-foot-tall flightless “terror bird,” arrived in North America from South America long before a land bridge connected the two continents.

Filed under Natural History, Research, Sciences on Tuesday, January 23, 2007.

UF-Led study revises understanding of primate origins

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new study led by a University of Florida paleontologist reconstructs the base of our family tree and extends its roots 10 million years, a finding that sheds new light on the origin and earliest stages of primate evolution.

Filed under Natural History, Research, Sciences on Monday, January 15, 2007.