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Billion Years Ago, a Rift Nearly Split North America in Two and It Left Behind a Mysterious Scar
The horseshoe-shaped Midcontinent Rift is a 2,000-kilometer scar that is also called North America's 'broken heart' by ...
New study redraws the world map: Earth only has six continents
Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...
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North America's 'broken heart': The billion-year-old scar from when the continent nearly ripped apart
The Midcontinent Rift is a giant tear that formed in what is now the U.S. Midwest 1.1 billion years ago. Nicknamed North ...
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Ancient Artifacts Uncovered In Idaho May Be Evidence Of North America’s First Human Settlement
LiveScience reports that a team of researchers analyzed ancient remains found at the Cooper’s Ferry archaeological site ...
T. rex’s Ancestors Used an Ancient Landbridge To Walk From Asia to North America
T. rex evolved in North America from Asian ancestors. Climate shifts and extinction events helped tyrannosaurids and ...
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'A story of survival:' UNC professor's book on Native history wins Pulitzer Prize
UNC-Chapel Hill history professor Kathleen DuVal recently won a Pulitzer Prize for her book, "Native Nations," which ...
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Mystery of T. Rex's Debated North American Origins Finally Solved
In 2024 a scientific team reported that a fossil found in New Mexico, from the T. rex relative Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis, ...
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North America's 'broken heart': The billion-year-old scar from when the continent nearly ripped apart
North America's "broken heart" is an ancient rift ... ago due to tectonic forces pulling what is now the North American continent in opposite directions. Evidence suggests the rifting process ...