[HN Gopher] What were humans doing in the Yukon 24,000 years ago? ___________________________________________________________________ What were humans doing in the Yukon 24,000 years ago? Author : Brajeshwar Score : 21 points Date : 2022-03-14 16:52 UTC (6 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.smithsonianmag.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.smithsonianmag.com) | grecy wrote: | I lived in the Yukon for 4 years - it's an incredible place for | anyone yearning for more adventure in their life. Snowboarding, | back country skiing in Alaska, hiking, hunting, paddling with | icebergs, snowshoeing at -40C/F, etc. | | There were so many woolly mammoths up there it's virtually | impossible to go mining and not dig one up. (Mining is VERY big | business up there) It's not uncommon for someone to have a tusk | lying around in their yard. | dayofthedaleks wrote: | The article's evidence suggests the humans in question were | hunting small bushy horses to extinction. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-03-14 23:00 UTC)