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Seward, Seward County, Alaska
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UC curator R.W. Chaney reports that fossilized redwood seeds on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea indicate a former land bridge between Siberia and Alaska, based on samples collected by Smithsonian's Henry B. Collins, Jr.
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BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 19.—R. W. Chaney, curator of the University of California, speaking of the paleobotanical collection and the fossilized wood, cones and leaves impressions of red wood trees were found on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea and were evidence that a bridge of land connected the two continents.
Sequoia seeds will not float nor will the tree shed cones before seeds have dropped. He said 100 pounds of rock shale containing petrified fossils were gathered by Henry B. Collins, Jr., of the Smithsonian Institute, and that Capt. Edward Jones of the Cutter Northland brought them here.
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St. Lawrence Island In The Bering Sea
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Jan. 19.
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fossilized redwood trees found provide evidence of a land bridge connecting siberia and alaska.
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R. W. Chaney, curator of the University of California, discussed the paleobotanical collection including fossilized wood, cones, and leaf impressions of redwood trees found on St. Lawrence Island. Sequoia seeds do not float, and trees do not shed cones before seeds drop. 100 pounds of rock shale with petrified fossils were gathered by Henry B. Collins, Jr., of the Smithsonian Institute and brought by Capt. Edward Jones of the Cutter Northland.