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Human deaths from shark attacks hit 20-year low last year

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Fatal shark attacks worldwide dipped to their lowest levels in two decades in 2007 with the sole casualty involving a swimmer vacationing in the South Pacific, according to the latest statistics from the University of Florida.

Filed under Research, Natural History, Florida, Sciences on Tuesday, February 12, 2008.

Mummy lice found in Peru may give new clues about human migration

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Lice from 1,000-year-old mummies in Peru may unravel important clues about a different sort of passage: the migration patterns of America’s earliest humans, a new University of Florida study suggests.

Filed under Research, Natural History, Sciences on Thursday, February 7, 2008.