Ancient Toddler’s Diet Reveals Mammoths as Key Food Source for First Americans

Recent research reveals that nearly 50% of the diet of a 12,800-year-old toddler from Montana consisted of mammoth meat, highlighting the subsistence strategies of early Americans. This groundbreaking study sheds light on the hunting practices and ecological dynamics of the first inhabitants of North America, emphasizing their reliance on large game during the late Pleistocene epoch.