Steven Rinella talks with Drs. David Meltzer and Metin Eren on: huge Clovis points; human mammoth scavenging; the overkill question; and more! Find their paper at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X26003317?via%3Dihub Check out the gear the MeatEater Crew uses in the field here: https://store.themeateater.com Follow us: Web: https://www.themeateater.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater Chapters: 00:00 Introduction: Meet the Ice Age Archaeologists 10:49 Did Humans Really Wipe Out the Mammoths? 24:56 Who Were the First Americans? 34:37 The Hunting vs. Scavenging Problem Archaeology Can't Solve 44:13 Inside the 15 Mammoth Kill Sites 58:22 Why "Overkill" Doesn't Explain the Ice Age Extinctions 1:13:18 Scavengers Through Time: From Homo Habilis to Arctic Whale Hunters 1:29:07 The Holy Grail Find and the Mammoth Skull Mystery 1:34:41 Digging a 10,000-Foot Camp: The Black Mountain Site 1:44:12 What's Next: New Artifacts and the Origins of Stone Tools