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Thanks Blam.The jawbone was pulled from sediments that suggest the specimen is perhaps 110,000 or 130,000 years old... The find is a surprise because polar bears are a relatively new species, with one study claiming they evolved less than 100,000 years ago. If the Svalbard jawbone's status is confirmed, and further discoveries can show the iconic Arctic beasts have a deeper evolutionary heritage, then the outlook for the animals may be more positive than some believe. "We have this specimen that confirms the polar bear was a morphologically distinct species at least 100,000 years ago, and this basically means that the polar bear has already survived one interglacial period," explained Professor Ingolfsson.To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. |
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But...but...didn’t Al Gore (may his name be praised for saving the planet) say that Polar Bears would be extinct by Valentine’s Day unless we lived in darkness and ate rocks?!?