Were There Ever Camels in America?

Camels are believed to have originated in North America, and only later
spread to North Africa and Asia.

You probably think of camels as Middle Eastern animals, but scientists now
believe that their giant woolly ancestors originated in the wilds of the
Arctic and were perfectly happy to dwell in the snow and cold of those
northern climes. According to a study published in 2013 in Nature
Communications, researchers found evidence that camels lived on Ellesmere
Island, 750 miles (1,207 km) north of the Yukon.

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