Discovery of widespread platinum may help solve Clovis people mystery
Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 11:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
No one knows for certain why the Clovis people and iconic beasts—mastodon, mammoth and saber-toothed tiger - living some 12,800 years ago suddenly disappeared. However, a discovery of widespread platinum at archaeological sites across the United States by three University of South Carolina archaeologists has provided an important clue in solving this enduring mystery.