land bridge
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The research also introduces a revised rhinoceros family tree and suggests that this Arctic species reached North America via a land bridge.
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026
This land bridge between east and west, he said, would be the “key to the universe” for how it could control global trade flows.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
Both envisioned a land bridge burying La Cienega for nearly the length of the park.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025
The country was once connected to Australia by a land bridge, and shares many of the same snake species, so the Australian government gives the antivenom for free – snake diplomacy, if you like.
From BBC • May 16, 2025
The land bridge was flooded and became a strait again most recently when sea level rose after around 14,000 B.C.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
