Discovery of Widespread Platinum May Help Solve Clovis People Mystery
![The discovery of an abundance of platinum at Clovis sites across the U.S. adds to the research that suggests a cosmic event may have wiped out the Clovis people and large beasts that lived around 12,800 years ago. Photo courtesy of NASA. Discovery of Widespread Platinum May Help Solve Clovis People Mystery](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/animals/mammoth-extinction.jpg)
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 U.S. by three University of South Carolina archaeologists has provided an important clue in solving this enduring mystery. The research […]