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science4 months ago•4 min saved

Ancient DNA Uncovers Mastodon's Complex Family and Climate-Driven Migrations

Ancient DNA analysis of mastodon remains reveals they migrated extensively in response to climate shifts during the Ice Age, with greater genetic diversity and complex evolutionary history than previously understood, including distinct species and repeated migrations across North America.

via Phys.org|

#ancient-dna #climate-change #mastodons

archaeology2 years ago•4 min saved

Ice Age Weapons Reveal Evidence of Paleo-American Hunting Practices.

Archaeologists have discovered 13,000-year-old blood residue from large mammals, most likely mammoths and mastodons, embedded in the sharpened stones that ancient Clovis people used for hunting. The 120 stones used in the study all came from North or South Carolina. The findings would shed new light on what might have caused the extinction of giant Ice Age herbivores.

via The Washington Post|

#archaeology #clovis-people #hunting