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Rare Florida fossil finally ends debate about how porcupine jaws and tails evolved

By Natasha S. Vitek, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)

Modern North American porcupines are at least twice the size of their southern cousins and have stronger jaws. But how long have they looked that way?

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