For decades, the Mammoth Site, in Hot Springs, South Dakota, was presented as a deposit formed about 26,000 years ago. New dating published in 2026 radically changed this scenario. The Mammoth Site is now placed between approximately 232,000 and 160,000 years ago, pushing its history into over 100,000...
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For decades, the Mammoth Site, in Hot Springs, South Dakota, was presented as a deposit formed about 26,000 years ago. New dating published in 2026 radically changed this scenario. The Mammoth Site is now placed between approximately 232,000 and 160,000 years ago, pushing its history into over 100,000...