13,000 Clovis-era tool cache unearthed in Colorado = camel, horse

[L. Coyote]

13,000 Clovis-era tool cache unearthed in Colorado shows evidence of camel, horse butchering
More than 80 stone implements discovered together in Boulder city limits by landscapers

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-02/uoca-1ct022509.php

A biochemical analysis of a rare Clovis-era stone tool cache recently unearthed in the city limits of Boulder, Colo., indicates some of the implements were used to butcher ice-age camels and horses that roamed North America until their extinction about 13,000 years ago, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder study.

The study is the first to identify protein residue from extinct camels on North American stone tools and only the second to identify horse protein residue on a Clovis-age tool, ..........

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[L. Coyote]

1. VIDEO link

http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/1124c0243883c267a7759da4bc4a2902.html

[semillama]

2. Did you see the size of those preform blades? Holy Crap!!!

What an amazing discovery. And to think if it weren't for a home improvement project, it never would have been made.

[L. Coyote]

3. Really amazing. That is quite the video.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Unbelievable. So well preserved. How can he ignore the temptation to dig up the rest of his yard?

Or even harbor suspicions about the neighbors' yards around him?

He'll never forget that experience. What a wonderful event to materialize right in front of one's eyes.

I never knew elephants lived here at one time. Camels are easier to grasp, since they resemble llamas, alpacas, and the others.

Thanks for the information, L. Coyote.