Forensic evidence suggests Paleo-Americans hunted mastodons, mammoths and other megafauna in eastern North America 13,000 years ago
A forensic technique more often used at modern crime scenes identified blood residue from large extinct animals on spearpoints and stone tools used by people who lived in the Carolinas millennia ago.
Christopher R. Moore, Research Professor at the South Carolina Institute for Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina •
conversation
June 14, 2023 • ~9 min
June 14, 2023 • ~9 min
Fossil footprints: the fascinating story behind the longest known prehistoric journey
Some 13,000 years ago, an adult carrying in a child walked 1.5km kilometres in mud at great speed in the presence of hungry predators.
Sally Christine Reynolds, Principal Academic in Hominin Palaeoecology, Bournemouth University •
conversation
Oct. 9, 2020 • ~6 min
Oct. 9, 2020 • ~6 min
Mammoth task: the Russian family on a resurrection quest to tackle the climate crisis
The Zimovs want to restore the prehistoric 'mammoth steppe' ecosystem and see if it slows down – or even reverses – melting permafrost.
Charlotte Wrigley, PhD Candidate, Queen Mary University of London •
conversation
Sept. 7, 2020 • ~24 min
Sept. 7, 2020 • ~24 min
How bison, moose and caribou stepped in to do the cleaning work of extinct mammoths
The historical record is full of surprises – and it could encourage conservationists to think more creatively.
Maarten van Hardenbroek van Ammerstol, Lecturer in Physical Geography, Newcastle University •
conversation
April 29, 2020 • ~6 min
April 29, 2020 • ~6 min
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