Ep. 694: Did Clovis Hunters Kill All the Mammoths?
The MeatEater Podcast
MeatEater
4.9 • 37.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2025
⏱️ 133 minutes
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Summary
Steven Rinella talks with Spencer Pelton and Todd Surovell from the University of Wyoming, Randall Williams, Spencer Neuharth, and Brody Henderson.
Topics discussed: Testing a Clovis point on an elephant; the book Thunder Without Rain by the late Thomas McIntyre; breaking down all of the Slams; the prestigious caribou tag; Clay's Bear Grease podcast with Metin Eren; thrusting spears; the Clovis overkill hypothesis; hunting mammoths; the Mesa site; and more.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the meat eater podcast coming at you shirtless, severely bug-bitten, and in my case, underwearless. |
| 0:15.5 | We're going to hunt the meat-eater podcast. |
| 0:18.1 | You can't predict anything. |
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| 0:23.0 | Whether you're checking trail cams, hanging deer stands, or scouting for elk, |
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| 0:33.2 | F-I-R-S-T-L-I-T-E.com. |
| 0:40.0 | All right, everybody. |
| 0:40.9 | Today we're going to dive in once again on my favorite subject of all subjects on the planet, |
| 0:45.5 | which is First Americans. |
| 0:48.5 | Who got here first? |
| 0:49.4 | What were they doing? |
| 0:50.1 | When they come? |
| 0:51.3 | How'd they get here? |
| 0:53.0 | Did they kill everything? |
| 0:54.1 | Did they kill all the mammoths? |
| 0:55.3 | All this question. |
| 0:56.6 | And we have found, I'm going to explain this all in greater detail. |
| 1:01.7 | We have found some fresh perspectives coming out of, fresh to me at least, because I'll |
| 1:06.6 | explain the whole controversy. |
| 1:07.8 | This is a very, this is a controversial subject, the first Americans. |
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