Thousands of years ago, early hunter-gatherers returned regularly to Tagua Tagua Lake in Chile to hunt ancient elephants and take advantage of other local resources, according to a study published May 22 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Rafael Labarca of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and colleagues.
Ancient people hunted now extinct elephants at Tagua Tagua Lake in Chile 12,000 years ago, study finds retrieved 22 May 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-05-ancient-people-extinct-elephants-tagua.html
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