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Mammoth: It’s What Was for Dinner | A study of a 12,800-year-old skull of a toddler offers a glimpse at how early Americans found food, and how their hunts may have led to a mass extinction.

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Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨silence7@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz⁩

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/science/mammoth-extinction-human-hunting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.e04.PPql.IbAda0XHEm_y

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  • I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “The most problematic aspect of the paper is the speed with which it races from a single data point in Montana to humans playing a role in megafaunal extinctions hemisphere-wide,”

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  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Herds of buffalo just feel different when you realize they used to be the equivalent of bunnies in their ecosystem

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