Mammoth Steppe Hypothesis
The Clovis First belief has slowly succumbed to a steady stream of accumulating evidence, and the main question now is how long ago did the first people arrive here? A very plausible argument is called the Mammoth Steppe Hypothesis. A steppe is a grassland which stretched from Siberia to Mexico and was inhabited by many now extinct species including mammoth. The theory proposes that since humans hunted mammoth in Western Siberia 40,000 years ago there is no reason they could not have spread into North America.
Several mammoth remain sites have been found in Alaska and the mid-west, and they date from 40,000 years. Altogether there are 7 sites dating between 23,000 and 40,000 years old that exhibit pretty firm evidence that humans were present. One thing has become clear, and that is humans were all over North and South America before Clovis emerged.
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Steppe Hypothesis or click on the Download File to read the whole story.
The Clovis First belief has slowly succumbed to a steady stream of accumulating evidence, and the main question now is how long ago did the first people arrive here? A very plausible argument is called the Mammoth Steppe Hypothesis. A steppe is a grassland which stretched from Siberia to Mexico and was inhabited by many now extinct species including mammoth. The theory proposes that since humans hunted mammoth in Western Siberia 40,000 years ago there is no reason they could not have spread into North America.
Several mammoth remain sites have been found in Alaska and the mid-west, and they date from 40,000 years. Altogether there are 7 sites dating between 23,000 and 40,000 years old that exhibit pretty firm evidence that humans were present. One thing has become clear, and that is humans were all over North and South America before Clovis emerged.
On Demand Performance - KXNM archives Archaeology In Your Backyard as MP3 files, allowing you to listen to your favorite shows on demand, whenever you choose. Click on the audio file below to hear the story about the Mammoth
Steppe Hypothesis or click on the Download File to read the whole story.
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