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Mossback's Northwest: The Ancient Bison Hunters of the San Juans

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The Ancient Bison Hunters of the San Juans

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Video duration
5 min 6 s

The discovery of 14,000-year-old bones on Orcas Island means humans were BBQing a lot earlier than previously thought.

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