Scientists Say a Comet Did Not Wipe Out the Clovis Culture

News March 4, 2013

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ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO—An interdisciplinary team of 16 scientists has concluded that the disappearance of the Clovis culture could not have been caused by the collision of a meteor or a comet with the earth some 13,000 years ago. They cite the lack of an impact crater as a major blow to the case. “Despite more than four years of trying by many qualified researchers, no unambiguous evidence has been found [of such an event],” said physicist Mark Boslough of Sandia National Laboratories.

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