A Canadian couple’s archaeological project at a lakeside cottage may have unearthed proof of comet or meteor hits that wiped out mammoths.
A new study posted by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sceinces of the United States of America lists a number of spots on earth suggesting “extraterrestrial (ET) impact[s]” comets or meteors could explain a change of climate and the disappearance of mammoths.
Among the sites mentioned was the one studied by Anton and Mara Chobot for three decades.
Postmedia News journalist Randy Boswell reports they collected “thousands of prehistoric aboriginal artifacts, animal bones and other remains at their Buck Lake property after moving into a cottage there in the early 1980s.” Buck Lake is in the western prairie province of Alberta.
In the study at the proceedings, their site is referred to as the “Chobot” site in honour of the couple’s work.
Boswell reports the “study was published just three days before Anton Chobot died Friday at age 92. His son, Igor, told Postmedia News that the family is ‘very proud’ of the archeological legacy his parents have left the world after spending more than 30 years pursuing their labour of love.”
More information:
Postmedia News – Alberta couple’s backyard dig fuels major scientific debate over mammoth extinction event – here
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America – Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions and the Younger Dryas cooling – here
Book mentioning Chobots’ work – The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes: How a Stone-Age Comet Changed the Course – here
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