Ancient Child's Remains Reveal Mammoth-Centric Clovis Diet
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Scientists have discovered direct evidence that ancient Clovis people in North America relied heavily on mammoths and other large animals for food, as revealed by stable isotope analysis of remains from a 13,000-year-old burial site in Montana. The study, published in Science Advances, shows that about 40% of the diet of a Clovis child's mother came from mammoths, with other large animals like elk and bison comprising the rest. This research provides insights into the rapid spread of humans across the Americas and the extinction of large ice age mammals.
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