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New Mexico mammoths among best evidence for early humans in North America

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Researchers find evidence of human butchering of mammoths in New Mexico. Bones show how humans shaped pieces of their long bones into disposable blades to break down their carcasses, and rendered their fat over a fire. The site also comes with a settled age of 36,250 to 38,900 years old, making it among the oldest known sites left behind by ancient humans.

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New Mexico mammoths among best evidence for early humans in North America

Bones from a mammoth butchering site record how humans shaped pieces of their long bones into disposable blades to break down their carcasses, and rendered their fat over a fire.But, a key detail sets this site apart from others from this era. It’s in New Mexico – a place where most archaeological evidence places the first human activity tens of thousands of years later.A recent study led by scientists with The University of Texas at Austin sugg…

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New Mexico Mammoths Among Best Evidence for Early Humans in North America

About 37,000 years ago, a mother mammoth and her calf met their end at the hands of human beings. Bones from the butchering site record how humans shaped pieces of their long bones into disposable blades to break …

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