[SunkenCiv]

Well, Clovis ruled (under so-called calibrated radiocarbon dates) 13,325 - 12,975 cal before present, just a few hundred years, and sufficiently long ago that it can't really be called modern. The European Bison was hunted out and/or went extinct due to climate change somewhat more recently, but still prehistorically. Examples of modern extinction include some bird species such as the Passenger Pigeon (hunted out to sell squab to hotels out east).

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[ForGod'sSake]

Well, Clovis ruled (under so-called calibrated radiocarbon dates) 13,325 - 12,975 cal before present...

Understood. The problem lay with my own confusion concerning the age, era, epoch, etc labels. Any time I see "cene" at the end of a time period I automatically think ancient, as in way back. Thanks for your patient explanations.

FGS