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Stories about: Clovis culture

Oldest Known Tool in the Americas Found Scientists investigating a cave system in Oregon came across what they describe as the oldest known artifact in the America. Preliminary analysis indicates that the scraper-like tool belonged to a group of people that lived 14, 230 years ago, adding further substance to the idea that the widespread Clovis culture, wh... 6 November 2009 19:21 GMT No Comet in North America's Past Many geologists and biologists believe that a huge comet impact devastated North America some 13,000 years ago, killing off many species of land animals, and completely destroying the Clovis culture. While this idea has been debated in the scientific community for a very long time, it would appear that its critics we... 13 October 2009 03:28 GMT Ice Age Butcher's Tools Found in Colorado Recent digs done in Boulder, Colorado, have revealed a series of stone artifacts dating back almost 13,000 years ago, which were apparently used to butcher camels and horses, two of the several hundred species of mammals that went extinct in the Americas until the end of the Pleistocene period, some 10,000 years ago.... 26 February 2009 03:00 GMT