"Woolly Mammoth's 14,000-Year Journey to Alaskan Campsite Revealed in Tusk"
TL;DR
A 14,000-year-old mammoth tusk named Élmayųujey’eh has provided insights into the animal's life and its interaction with Ice Age humans in central Alaska. Analysis of isotopes in the tusk revealed the mammoth's migration from southeastern Beringia to the Swan Point archaeological site, where it likely died coinciding with the seasonal occupation of the area by humans. While there is no explicit evidence of human involvement in the mammoth's death, the site's collection of mammoth bones underscores the overlap between mammoths and humans during the Ice Age.
Topics:sciencearchaeologypaleontology#alaska#archaeologypaleontology#hunter-gatherers#ice-age#isotopes#mammoth
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