Archaeologists Find Key Tool That Helped Ancient Americans Survive Ice Age

Archaeologists Find Key Tool That Helped Ancient Americans Survive Ice Age

Bone needle and needle preform reconstructions, a tool used by ancient Americans to survive Ice Age. Credit: 2024 Pelton et al. / CC BY 4.0 Archaeologists in Wyoming have found a key tool that helped ancient Americans survive during the last ice age. At a site in Converse County, researchers uncovered 32 small pieces of needles made from animal bones. These artifacts were buried about 15 feet deep at a place called the La Prele site, where a mam…