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How Did Mastodons Defend the Legitimacy of America?

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Jul 20, 202613:34Science & Medicine

In the 1700s, fossil finds along the Ohio and Hudson Rivers indicated that North America was home to mysterious beasts. Learn how mastodon bones proved both that extinction is real and that America isn't full of degenera...

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How Did Mastodons Defend the Legitimacy of America? is an episode from BrainStuff by iHeartPodcasts. In the 1700s, fossil finds along the Ohio and Hudson Rivers indicated that North America was home to mysterious beasts. Learn how mastodon...

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How Did Mastodons Defend the Legitimacy of America?

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