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Ancient Porcupine Discovery Solves Evolutionary Mystery 10 Million Years in the Making


New findings from a complete porcupine skeleton in Florida reveal a much earlier origin for North American porcupines, predating the Isthmus of Panama, and suggest a mixed evolutionary lineage with traits of both North and South American species. There’s a longstanding debate simmering among biol

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