Mexican mammoth trap provides first evidence of prehistoric hunting pits

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2. I vaguely remember something similar being

brought up in a junior high school ancient history class regsrding massive kills in Europe or Eurasia. So it appears to have been a stone age custom in more than one place. Perhaps this technique was used with other large animals as well.

I wonder if they cut off part of the herd rather than rush the whole lot of them.