-East Lehner Road, Hereford, AZ
-National Historic Landmark
-The site is significant because it's the first Clovis kill site where butchering tools were found alongside the remains of prehistoric bison, mammoth, and smaller animals ... a fire hearth was also found and dated, placing the Clovis people in North America between 8000-9000 B.C.E.
-Woolly mammoths were about the size of a modern African elephant, standing over 10 feet tall at the shoulder and weighing as much as 13,200 pounds
-Woolly mammoths were about the size of a modern African elephant, standing over 10 feet tall at the shoulder and weighing as much as 13,200 pounds
-Known for their large size, fur, and imposing tusks
-Woolly mammoths roamed the cold tundra of Europe, Asia, and North America from about 300,000 years ago up until about 10,000 years ago
-The last known group of woolly mammoths survived until about 1650 B.C.
-One widely accepted theory is that fire and the development of tools, such as spears, hooks, and nets, helped humans become ace hunters, driving woolly mammoths into extinction
-Woolly mammoths roamed the cold tundra of Europe, Asia, and North America from about 300,000 years ago up until about 10,000 years ago
-The last known group of woolly mammoths survived until about 1650 B.C.
-One widely accepted theory is that fire and the development of tools, such as spears, hooks, and nets, helped humans become ace hunters, driving woolly mammoths into extinction