Female big-game hunters may have been surprisingly common in the ancient Americas
A woman buried 9,000 years ago with her hunting toolkit is shedding new light on gender roles
In this illustration based on new archaeological finds, ancient hunters in the Andes Mountains surround their prey, wild relatives of the alpaca called vicuña. A woman in the foreground stands poised to hurl a spear with a spear thrower.
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