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Over a century ago, anthropologist Raymond Dart chipped an ancient skull out of some rock from an ancient quarry — and revealed the face of an ancient human relative.

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Grizzly bears have closed the gap between the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem populations from 61 to 45 miles in just two years, according to new research.