# Did Paleolithic Humans Hunt Mammoths to Extinction?

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**Created:** [August 21, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-paleolithic-humans-hunt-mammoths-to-extinction/728424 "2015-08-21T12:38:44Z")\
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> [@Old\_Blue\_Eyes](#):
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> “University of Michigan paleontologist show fresh-butchered meat could be stored in a peat bog for up to two years.”
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> So who ate the peat meat to make sure it was good?

“Hey, Bob, that new grad student TA Jim, didn’t he go to Ohio State?”

“Yes, I think he did.”

::Picks up phone::

“Jim, please come to my lab. Gotta job for you…”

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