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Fossilized jawbone sheds light on ancient bear migration

November 12, 2004
Source: Globe and Mail
Original story - link verified on November 12, 2004

A fossilized jaw found in an Alberta gravel pit appears to have cleared up a mystery for researchers wondering how brown bears made it across North America. They probably migrated from what's now Alaska and the Yukon before glaciers covered the region, thousands of years before previously believed.

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