Hyenas once stalked the Arctic

from A Moment of Science · host Indiana Public Media

We know from ancient skeletal remains that around one million years ago, hyenas of the Chasmaporthetes genus prowled the US and Mexico. But they also stalked the tundra—a fact we’ve learned from just two fossilized molars.

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