Florida Museum of Natural History: Ancient Bone Protein Reveals Which Turtles Were on Menu in Florida, Caribbean
November 04, 2019
November 04, 2019
GAINESVILLE, Florida, Nov. 4 -- The Florida Museum of Natural History issued the following research news:
Thousands of years ago, the inhabitants of modern-day Florida and the Caribbean feasted on sea turtles, leaving behind bones that tell tales of ancient diets and the ocean's past.
An international team of scientists used cutting-edge technology to analyze proteins from these bones to help identify which turtle species people fished from the ocean millennia ago. This . . .
Thousands of years ago, the inhabitants of modern-day Florida and the Caribbean feasted on sea turtles, leaving behind bones that tell tales of ancient diets and the ocean's past.
An international team of scientists used cutting-edge technology to analyze proteins from these bones to help identify which turtle species people fished from the ocean millennia ago. This . . .