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Human-butchered mammoths in New Mexico

The recently discovered pile of mammoth bones in New Mexico.
The recently discovered pile of mammoth bones in New Mexico. Photo: Timothy Rowe / The University of Texas at Austin

An intriguing chance find of approximately 37,000-year-old mammoth bones in New Mexico revealed something about human history in North America. The bones held signs of butchering by humans, which indicates that people were in southwestern North America earlier than previously believed.