The Clovis people were known as a murderous, fearless tribe of ‘tiny cannibal warriors’ when they roamed the earth 13,000 years ago, but some have mused that they’re still around today
The Idaho mountains could contain strange ‘tiny cannibal warriors'(Image: Getty Images)
A tribe of “tiny cannibal warriors” once lived on a diet of humans and mammoths – and could still be roaming undiscovered mountains today. Known as the Clovis people, a new report claims that the mummified remains of one of them was filled with around 40% mammoth, as well as “other large animals”.
The strange tiny people were also known to be cannibals during the time they inhabited parts of North America around 13,000 years ago.
The report was published in Science Advances last month and was co-lead by McMaster University’s James Chatters. He said: “The focus on mammoths helps explain how Clovis people could spread throughout North America and into South America in just a few hundred years.”
Presumably they looked something like this . . . (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
While Ben Potter, an archaeology professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks said: “What’s striking to me is that this confirms a lot of data from other sites. For example, the animal parts left at Clovis sites are dominated by megafauna, and the projectile points are large, affixed to darts, which were efficient distance weapons.
“This mobility aligns with what we see in Clovis technology and settlement pattern. They were highly mobile. They transported resources like toolstone over hundreds of miles.”
Weirdly, this week, a local Idaho radio station has claimed that the strange tribe could still be roaming he mountains of Idaho today.
. . . or, erm, this(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Greg Jannetta, from Kiss FM, mused: “Idaho has millions of acres of untouched and undeveloped land. So, it wouldn’t be difficult to believe that somewhere among the jagged peaks and vast meadows there could be a tribe of small, battle-ready, sharp-toothed warriors that are deadly accurate with a bow.
Much like most of the United States, Native American footprints indented the Idaho landscape long before others did. These hunter-gatherers have been identified by the name Clovis People . . . (they) can sneak up on enemies and deliver instant death in the form of a blow to the head or arrow through a vital organ.”
Idaho has around 3,346 mountains – with the highest being around 3,860ms tall – which could be considered an ideal place for a tribe of “tiny cannibal warriors” to hide.
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