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A little-known dog lineage with fur so thick it was spun into blankets was selectively bred for millennia by Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest until its rapid demise following European colonization, a study in Science showed Thursday.

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Now extinct, the Coast Salish woolly dog was managed for thousands of years by First Nations for its fibre, says a genetic study by the Smithsonian.

Wright flyer of 1903, first powered airplane to demonstrate sustained flight under the full control of the pilot. Designed and built by Wilbur and Orville Wright in Dayton, Ohio, it was assembled in the autumn of 1903 at a camp at the base of the Kill Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk, a village on the

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​ The dogs occupied a previously underappreciated high-status in Indigenous societies, which revered the animals as members of the family and adorned their most treasured items with their emblem.

Now extinct, the Coast Salish woolly dog was managed for thousands of years by First Nations for its fibre, says a genetic study by the Smithsonian.

Montana is steeped in history, there is also a lesser-known piece of history still lighting the night sky across Montana — historic airway beacons.

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A Paleontology collection at the Smithsonian. Chip Clark The Washington Post found hundreds of brains from the Smithsonian were collected without consent.…