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How To Survive Climate Change? Clues Are Buried In The Arctic

Climate change isn't new. Scientists are studying an ancient civilization in the Arctic to figure out how they survived climate change. The clues are buried in a secret, seaside neighborhood.
Archaeologists are excavating an ancient cabin at the Rising Whale site.

We're on the Bering Land Bridge, where woolly mammoths roamed 20,000 years ago. Today, the land is covered in bright green grass and miniature shrubs.

But there's something strange — bright white objects jutting out of the ground.

As I walk a little closer with archaeologist Owen Mason, he tells me what they are.

"Right there, that's a whale shoulder blade," Mason says, pointing to a bone about the size of a German Shepherd.

And it's not just bones we see. Looking more closely at the ground, I realize artifacts are scattered all around us.

"Right here, that's an knife," he says, as he picks up a flat piece of stone. "It's a specialized knife for cutting animal

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