A set of 12,800-year-old remains originally found in Montana provides a unique glimpse into the diet of the Clovis people.
The diet of a key prehistoric American group appears to have been rich in mammoth meat, a study analyzing data extracted from the 12,800-year-old remains of a toddler has revealed.Published in the journal Science Advances, the study represents the first direct evidence that the Paleoindian Clovis culture relied heavily on mammoths—in addition to other megafauna—for food.
This analysis revealed that the toddler's mother consumed a diet that was heavy in mammoth meat, which represented about 40 percent of everything that she ate—the largest single contributor.Other large animals, such as elk, bison and a now extinct type of camel, made up the rest of the diet in significantly smaller proportions. The results also showed that the contribution of small mammals and plants in her diet was very minor to negligible.
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