Posted on 06/14/2023 10:41:18 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Based on sites excavated in the western United States, archaeologists know Paleo-American Clovis hunter-gatherers who lived around the time of the extinctions at least occasionally [emphasis added] killed or scavenged Ice Age megafauna such as mammoths. There they've found preserved bones of megafauna together with the stone tools used for killing and butchering these animals...
Unfortunately, many areas in the Southeastern United States lack sites with preserved bone and associated stone tools that might indicate whether megafauna were hunted there by Clovis or other Paleo-American cultures. Without evidence of preserved bones of megafauna, archaeologists have to find other ways to examine this question.
Forensic scientists have used an immunological blood residue analysis technique called immunoelectrophoresis for over 50 years to identify blood residue sticking to objects found at crime scenes. In recent years, researchers have applied this method to identify animal blood proteins preserved within ancient stone tools. They compare aspects of the ancient blood with blood antigens derived from modern relatives of extinct animals.
Residue analysis does not rely on the presence of nuclear DNA, but rather on preserved, identifiable proteins that sometimes survive within the microscopic fractures and flaws of stone tools created during their manufacture and use. Typically, only a small percentage of artifacts produce positive blood residue results, indicating a match between the ancient residue and antiserum molecules from modern animals.
A previous blood residue study of a small number of Paleo-American artifacts in South Carolina and Georgia failed to provide evidence that these people had hunted or scavenged extinct megafauna. The researchers found evidence of bison and other animals such as deer, bear and rabbit, but no evidence of Proboscidean (mammoth or mastodon) or of an extinct species of North American horse.
(Excerpt) Read more at theconversation.com ...
Younger Dryas onset = Real climate change
Down here in San Diego see the Cerruti find in the Natural History Museum. Mammoth skeletons smashed by thrown rocks imply humans at proven 135,000 years ago soil deposition.
Interesting article.
Now the Media-Dem Party is hunting the MAGAfauna.
Camels and horses were killed off during this period, ensuring isolation, disease susceptibility, and lactose intolerance, among things, for North American Indians.
They make it sound like we thought they were eating soy burgers and oat milk.
Lol I know!
Ooh, thanks!
When traveling through Tenn. or Ky, I stopped in a local museum of natural history. I have seen Clovis points and tools in the past. This museum had a good collection of spear points and arrows. THey were dated around 8,000 year old and were much smaller than Clovis points. If much of the large fauna and Clovis people were destroyed by the meteor disaster(s) of 13,000 years ago, it would have taken a while for the population to rebuild and develop settlements and hunting methods suitable for the new conditions.
Where did this meteor hit at? I’ve never heard of a meteor striking that area before 13k years ago.
Check out the book in comment #2. If you Google the title, you probably will get a good summary from Amazon or one of the companies that sells used books.
I bought and read the book. One or more boloids struck the Northern Hemisphere between 13 and 14,000 years ago. This started the long chill called the Younger Dryas. Probably formed Lake Michigan, Carolina Bays, etc. Also killed off most major fauna and Clovis people leading to extinctions. The arguments for these facts/ideas are well detailed.
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