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Why bison hunters abandoned a kill site 1,200 years ago

Bison are an enduring and iconic symbol of North America’s vast Great Plains. The large mammals have been hunted for thousands of years, and were almost driven into extinction in the late 1800s. Over thousands of years, bison hunters used different sites, but why they abandoned hunting grounds has been an archaeological mystery. For the Bergstrom site in present-day Montana, climate change may have been to blame. The findings are detailed in a study published today in the journal Frontiers in Conservation Science. “We found that bison hunters ceased using a kill site in central Montana around 1,100 years ago,” Dr. John Wendt, a study co-author and paleoecologist at New Mexico State...

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wn.com - 15/Feb 14:55

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Olives have been essential to life in Italy for at least 6,000 years—far longer than we thought

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wn.com - 21/Feb 19:18

The native species was driven to extinction by sailors in the 1800s. Now, 158 juvenile giant tortoises have been reintroduced to the island. ......

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Inside abandoned Winter Olympics venue left derelict for 20 years despite £5.2billion government investment

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