Forensic evidence suggests Paleo-Americans hunted mastodons, mammoths
and other megafauna in eastern North America 13,000 years ago,
Christopher R. Moore, The Conversation, June 14, 2023
[theconversation.com]

Open access paper is:

Moore, C.R., Kimball, L.R., Goodyear, A.C., Brooks, M.J., Daniel
Jr, I.R., West, A., Taylor, S.G., Weber, K.J., Fagan, J.L. and Walker,
C.M., 2023. Paleoamerican exploitation of extinct megafauna revealed
through immunological blood residue and microwear analysis, North
and South Carolina, USA. Scientific Reports, 13(1), p.9464.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36617-z
[www.nature.com]

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)