There are currently 15 well-documented Late Pleistocene localities in North America in which Clovis points are found ...

When Edgar B. Howard heard that a road crew in eastern New Mexico had stumbled across a cache of big ancient bones, he dropped everything and grabbed the first westbound train. At the time—November ...

Noah Cordle’s discovery was a rare and “classic” Clovis point dating from 13,500 to 14,000 years ago. Expert says Hurricane Sandy made the find possible. Dennis Stanford, left, talks about the Clovis ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clovis points are some of the most commonly unearthed objects from the last Ice Age. Thousands have been uncovered over the past ...

Depictions of ancient humans in both scientific and popular culture contexts picture them throwing spears at the thick hides of mammoths. A new study from archaeologists at UC Berkeley suggests that ...

How did early humans use sharpened rocks to bring down megafauna 13,000 years ago? Did they throw spears tipped with carefully crafted, razor-sharp rocks called Clovis points? Did they surround and ...

A team of archaeologists and anthropologists from multiple institutions in the U.S. has found evidence that the Clovis, an early North American population, may have used so-called Clovis points for ...

More than 10,000 Clovis points have been discovered in North America, but researchers still aren't sure how early humans used them. Scott Byram During the Ice Age, early humans lived alongside large ...

Stone “Clovis points” used by prehistoric hunters to kill animals are also remarkably efficient at cutting meat off a large animal carcass – at least according to a modern bison butchering experiment.

Archeologists say new findings might help resolve the debate about Clovis points and reshape how we think about what life was like roughly 13,000 years ago. After an extensive review of writings and ...

Clovis points are distinguishable, in part, due to their distinctive flute or channel flake scar near the base, as shown in these replicas. UC Berkeley researchers studied how the points functioned as ...