Where bison roamed

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  • GCSU students and scientists at the dig site this summer. CONTRIBUTED/University Communications
    GCSU students and scientists at the dig site this summer. CONTRIBUTED/University Communications

    Paleontological dig shows a different Georgia

    Imagine a Georgia—60,000 years ago—where the coastal city of Brunswick was 70 miles from the ocean and most of the state was a great, grassy plain where the bison and mammoths roamed.

    “Paleontology is a true liberal arts science because of all the passion of discovery that foes along with the liberal arts,” said Dr. Al Mead, a biology professor at Georgi…