Mastodon fossil throws up questions over 'rapid' extinction

A bone tool embedded in a mastodon rib suggests humans were hunting big game earlier than thought.

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Brian Switek
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Switek, B. Mastodon fossil throws up questions over 'rapid' extinction. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.606