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How Caribou Gave Us a Peek at Life 9,000 Years Ago

In 2008, a researcher floating in a boat in Lake Huron had an idea for how to learn more about our prehistoric ancestors. It involved sonar, a lot of patience, and some very bumbling AI caribou. Listen to Morgan Springer’s original story here. For more stories about the land, water, and inhabitants of the Great Lakes, check out Points North wherever you get your podcasts.

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  Wild Life Week: Rae Wynn-Grant and the Bear (Classic)

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  Wild Life Week: Why Would a Researcher Pull a Lion’s Tail?

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  Wild Life Week: Celery Makes A Nature Documentary

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  Wild Life Week: The Female Alphas of Yellowstone

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  Wild Life Week: Exploring Our Alien Planet with Cara Giaimo

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  Ottoman Bird Palaces (Classic)

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  The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

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  Auctioning off Roadside America

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  Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: Sa Cabaneta & Provincetown

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  The Wimbledon Queue

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  Seven Keys Lodge (Classic)

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  Are Cemeteries…Dying?

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  District Six

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  Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: To the Swimmer in the Borneo Rainforest

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  Oh, the Places We Can’t Go

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  Tell Us Your Story: Places To Remember