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THE results of a carbon-14 collagen test performed on a portion of a long bone collected in association with the skull of a grizzly-type bear of the Ursus arctos–horribilis complex have just been received which indicate that this remarkably well-preserved specimen died some 11,700 ± 250 years ago. The specimen was discovered in a load of gravel removed from approximately 30 ft. below the local grade of a commercial gravel pit in November 1964.
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PETERSON, R. A Well-preserved Grizzly Bear Skull recovered from a Late Glacial Deposit near Lake Simcoe, Ontario. Nature 208, 1233–1234 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2081233a0
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