Uncovering Florida’s Past In The Aucilla River

Originally aired on WUFT on April 18, 2000 

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Curator Emeritus David Webb at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville (photo courtesy of the Florida Museum of Natural History)

Scientists around the world are taking note of recent discoveries in a North Florida river, discoveries which could change history books.  As Donna Green-Townsend reports, paleontologists and archaeologists like David Webb, with the Florida Museum of Natural History are busy analyzing and arranging exhibits from their findings in the Aucilla River in Florida’s panhandle.