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Meet the Extinct Camels of North America, From Ice Age Giants to Sheep-Size Runners

Largely outshone by fossils of horses, the earliest camels are getting another look from scientists determined to sort out ...
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The Impossibly Intertwined History of the Americas

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World. The “Visscher Map of the New World” including North and South America, 1658. A ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Long and Fascinating History of Raccoons in North American Culture, From Symbols to Pets to Dinner

In the relationship between humans and raccoons, the black-masked mammals have played many roles Samuel I. Zeveloff The raccoon has long held our fascination, admiration, and even our disdain. Perhaps ...

Portage Path history talk, walk with Northern Cheyenne tribal members to take place Sunday

A guided history walk and a walk led by members of the Northern Cheyenne nation will be held on Oct. 5 to mark North American ...

North American ice sheets drove dramatic sea-level rise at end of last ice age, study finds

Melting ice sheets in North America played a far greater role in driving global sea-level rise at the end of the last ice age ...