Ancient Bone Needles Reveal Ice Age Survival Tactics in Wyoming
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Archaeologists in Wyoming have discovered 32 bone needle fragments at the La Prele site, revealing that ancient Americans used tools made from the bones of small carnivores like red foxes and extinct American cheetahs to survive the Ice Age. This finding, published in PLOS ONE, challenges previous assumptions that such tools were made from larger animals like bison or mammoths. The site, associated with the Clovis culture, provides insights into the lives of some of North America's earliest inhabitants.
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