American Philosophical Society displays natural history specimens
Posted 1/6/04
PHILADELPHIA – When a French count claimed the damp North American climate made the continent's wildlife degenerate, Thomas Jefferson responded with a "megalonyx."
The nearly foot-long "great claw" found in what is now West Virginia indicated …
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