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Early North Americans Made Needles from Bones of Canids, Felids and Hares, Archaeologists Say


Bone needles found at the 12,900-year-old site of La Prele in Wyoming, the United States, were produced from the bones of foxes; hares; and felids such as bobcats, mountain lions, lynx and possibly even the now-extinct American cheetah.

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