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When Central America Was an Island Chain: The Geologic History of the Land Bridge
Imagine a world where the Americas were not connected—a time when wild Pacific waters crashed against scattered islands, and ...
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Researchers Claim When the Earth’s Mantle Burst It Formed a Land Bridge That Connected Asia and Africa 20 Million Years Ago
Researchers Claim When the Earth’s Mantle Burst It Formed a Land Bridge That Connected Asia and Africa 20 Million Years Ago ...
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Emergence of a land bridge 20 million years ago allowed elephants and humans to cross into Asia, and turned the Sahara into a desert
A plume of hot rocks that burst forth from the Earth's mantle millions of years ago helped forge a land bridge that connected Asia and Africa for the first time. Credit: Alisha Steinberger / The ...