The Controversial Origin of a Symbol of the American West
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 14:02
in Paleontology & Archaeology
New research by Professor Beth Shapiro of the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and University of Alberta Professor Duane Froese has identified North America's oldest bison fossils and helped construct a bison genealogy establishing that a common maternal ancestor arrived between 130,000 and 195,000 years ago, during a previous ice age.