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By searching for evidence that still survives today, we reconstruct the landscape and the wildlife of prehistoric North America. During the last Ice Age, massive glaciers covered half of North America. But to the far northwest, there was a land that

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(38) / 评论(0) 分类 探索与发现2012年

The Yukon and its neighbor, modern-day Alaska, were once part of the land that was Beringia. Stunning though this region is today is just a shadow of the world that was encountered by the First Americans. Underground, the soil is frozen solid, as it

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This is Alaska today, a wetland of forests, boggy tundra, lakes and rivers rivers that still churn out fresh clues to the Ice Age past. This is a brick-sized tooth, and it belong to a woolly mammoth. Its narrow ridges of enamel tell us more about how

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They huddle and turn to face the threat, a giant short-faced bear. Faced by a wall of horns, the bear moves on to sniff out a less daunting meal. Occasional blizzards are another harsh reality of living in Beringia, but the drifting snow may at least

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi, Kenya 06 December 2007 Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is home to one of Africa's largest dumpsites. A recent United Nations study found that nearly half of the children surveyed who live near the dumpsite suffer from serious med

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)

Christmas loves a franchiseor any already beloved thing.It can dress up in tinsel and wrap itself around like mistletoe. And then, every year, there are the Christmas specials for almost every sitcom and cartoon, which nod in sincerity (or in irony)

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