Two Caribbean Monk Seal Teeth

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Last year AHC archaeologists found a Caribbean Monk Seal tooth in Palm Beach. Several newspapers echoed the news, including Archaeology Magazine. Another tooth has been found in Tequesta site on the bank of the New River, Fort Lauderdale, showing the dispersal of the extincted Neomonachus tropicalis in prehistoric South Florida.

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