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Johnson, K.R.
Cheetah provides clue to pronghorn speed
1995  Rocky Mountain News

Paleontologists found fossil animals from a cave floor. This natural trap has preserved direct evidence that cheetahs lived in North America as recently as 18'000 years ago. This also explains why pronghorn in America evolved a high speed ability which was not explainable before finding the fossil predator.

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