Re: Absolutely Bonkers

Ernest Major <{$to$}@meden.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>North America might be an exception to this - IIRC, the NA megafaunal
>extinctions correspond in time with the Clovis culture, and there's some
>evidence for human settlement of the Americas predating Clovis by an
>appreciable period.
>--
However, I do not think this really speaks against clovis hunting being
a factor. Prior to Clovis, humans appear to have been fairly sparse in
NA, and not to have emphasized hunting. The Clovis people were the
first major, widespread hunting culture in NA.

I suspect that the earlier peoples had subsisted on largely coastal and
lacustrine resources (fish, shellfish &c).

--
The peace of God be with you.

Stanley Friesen

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