Julian P. Hume
American Museum of Natural History
65 Papers
525 Citations
Julian P. Hume is an academic researcher from American Museum of Natural History. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dodo & Biology. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 55 publications. Previous affiliations of Julian P. Hume include Natural History Museum & University of Portsmouth.
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Papers
Native Seychelles tortoises or Aldabran imports? The importance of radiocarbon dating for ancient DNA studies
K. Praveen Karanth,Eric P. Palkovacs,Justin Gerlach,Scott Glaberman,Julian P. Hume,Adalgisa Caccone,Anne D. Yoder +6 more
TL;DR: Recent molecular genetic studies on Dipsochelys suggest that there is very little genetic variation among extant Indian Ocean tortoises.
The Oxford Dodo. Part 1: the museum history of the Tradescant Dodo: ownership, displays and audience
M. Nowak-Kemp,Julian P. Hume +1 more
TL;DR: The history of this specimen is reviewed, including the still unresolved question of how it came to Britain, and evidence is provided to show that it was stuffed but probably never mounted, and the changes of ownership, and its cataloguing and curation in the different museums are described.
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The Dodo: from extinction to the fossil record
TL;DR: The dodo, Raphus cucullatus (Aves, Columbidae), has become one of the most famous birds in the world, a true icon of extinction as mentioned in this paper.
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Ancient DNA reveals the origins, colonization histories, and evolutionary pathways of two recently extinct species of giant scops owl from Mauritius and Rodrigues Islands (Mascarene Islands, south‐western Indian Ocean)
Antoine Louchart,Antoine Louchart,Fabiola Bastian,Marilia Baptista,Perle Guarino-Vignon,Julian P. Hume,Cécile Jacot-des-Combes,Cécile Jacot-des-Combes,Cécile Mourer-Chauviré,Catherine Hänni,Morgane Ollivier +10 more
TL;DR: The phylogenetic position of three owl species, presumably Otus derivatives, twice the size of standard scops owls and now extinct, once inhabited the Mascarene Islands, and have been placed in a separate genus, Mascarnotus are investigated.
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Cranial evolution in the extinct Rodrigues Island owl Otus murivorus (Strigidae), associated with unexpected ecological adaptations.
TL;DR: A fossil cranium of the ‘giant’ extinct scops owl Otus murivorus from Rodrigues Island was studied, to determine any potential unique characters and to yield new information about the Rodrigues owl’s evolution and ecology.