Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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Bison hunters abandoned long-used site 1,100 years ago to adapt to changing climate, Great Plains study finds

On the Great Plains of North America, bison were hunted for thousands of years before populations collapsed to near extinction due to overexploitation in the late 1800s. But long before then, bison hunters used various strategies and different types of sites, sometimes switching between sites.

Bison hunters abandoned long-used site 1,100 years ago to adapt to changing climate, Great Plains study finds
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On the Great Plains of North America, bison were hunted for thousands of years before populations collapsed to near extinction due to overexploitation in the late 1800s. But long before then, bison hunters used various strategies and different types of sites, sometimes switching between sites.

Originally published at Phys.org

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