13000 Clovis-era tool cache unearthed in Colorado shows evidence of camel, horse butchering

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 09:36 in Paleontology & Archaeology

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...

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