When Edgar B. Howard heard that a road crew in eastern New Mexico had stumbled across a cache of big ancient bones, he dropped everything and grabbed the first westbound train. At the time—November ...

Noah Cordle’s discovery was a rare and “classic” Clovis point dating from 13,500 to 14,000 years ago. Expert says Hurricane Sandy made the find possible. Dennis Stanford, left, talks about the Clovis ...

Archeologists say new findings might help resolve the debate about Clovis points and reshape how we think about what life was like roughly 13,000 years ago. After an extensive review of writings and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clovis points are some of the most commonly unearthed objects from the last Ice Age. Thousands have been uncovered over the past ...

Depictions of ancient humans in both scientific and popular culture contexts picture them throwing spears at the thick hides of mammoths. A new study from archaeologists at UC Berkeley suggests that ...

A team of archaeologists and anthropologists from multiple institutions in the U.S. has found evidence that the Clovis, an early North American population, may have used so-called Clovis points for ...