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CZECH REPUBLIC

March/April 2015

World-Roundup-Czech-RepublicCZECH REPUBLIC: The people of the Upper Paleolithic settlement at PredmostĂ­ ate a lot of mammoth, according to a new study, and gave their dogs reindeer and musk ox meat. The work, which examined isotopes in bone collagen for clues to the diet of the Gravettian people 30,000 years ago, shows that carnivores, such as bears and wolves, also ate mammoth meat. Dogs, however, did not, which is a surprise, considering how much mammoth meat the people had around. This suggests that the dogs were restrained, and likely used more for transportation than hunting.

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