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Subway construction project unearths prehistoric fossils in CA

A subway construction project is Los Angeles is unearthing the prehistoric side of southern California. Workers excavating the tunnels discovered fossils of ancient mammals that roamed the area about 11,000 years ago. The historic trove includes bones from extinct beasts like mammoths and mastodons. Carter Evans reports.
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