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In 1952, Ed Lehner discovered extinct mammoth bone fragments on his ranch, at the locality now known as the Lehner Mammoth-Kill Site. He notified the Arizona State Museum, and a summer of heavy rains in 1955 exposed more bones. Excavations, led by William W. Wasley and Emil Haury, took place in 1955–56, and again in 1974–75.
The bone tool is believed to be a shaft straightener. [3] The five buried animal kills and processing locations contained bones of mammoth, bison, horses, camels, canids and rodents. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] A worker found a single pot sherd on the surface of the site that was associated to use approximately 1300 to 1450 CE . [ 1 ]
The children of Tova Bracha, a local resident, managed to get into the tomb and play inside. Bracha notified the authorities, who sealed the entrance for safety reasons. [ 11 ] The children found some discarded Jewish religious texts that had been placed in the tomb, which was being used as a genizah .
Bite-marks on some bones show that local predators (the carnivorous bone-crunching dog Aelurodon) scavenged some of the carcasses, but no predator remains have yet surfaced. There are also abundant clues to the region's ecology, indicating a savanna of grassland interspersed with trees that luxuriated in a warmer, milder climate than today's.
The archaeological site of Atapuerca is located in the province of Burgos in the north of Spain and is notable for its evidence of early human occupation. Bone fragments from around 800,000 years ago, found in its Gran Dolina cavern, provide the oldest known evidence of hominid settlement in Western Europe and of hominid cannibalism anywhere in the world.
A bad throw by an ancient hunter reveals how the first Americans lived nearly 14,000 years ago. Ancient spear tip stuck in mastodon’s rib is oldest bone weapon in America, study says Skip to ...
This data provides strong evidence that shows differences in ethnic background from ancient times to present today. Along with the data bank, technological innovations have given researchers a computer tool called FORDISC. This program is used to evaluate subtleties in a bone sample on a much smaller scale, which can confirm or challenge ...
Among the most notable items are two flutes carved from bird bone and mammoth ivory, the oldest known musical instruments with an age of 42,000 to 43,000 years. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The flutes were able to play distinct melodies, and music was likely an integral part of the societies living in the region at the time.