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Dietary evidence bolsters Clovis hunters’ reputation as mammoth killers

A chemical analysis provides direct proof that the ancient North Americans ate mammoths

An illustration of Clovis people hunting mammoths.

Whether North America’s ancient Clovis people regularly hunted mammoths (illustrated) has been hotly debated. Now, a chemical analysis of Clovis remains suggests the megafauna were a substantial part of their diet.

Eric Carlson/Desert Archaeology Inc., Ben Potter/Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, Jim Chatters/McMaster Univ.

By Anna Gibbs

Ancient North Americans are looking more and more like experienced mammoth killers.

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