Dan Flores

The Clovis story resonates because we imagine them as ancient versions of ourselves, explorers of hidden continents, the last of the masterful hunters of enormous animals, the culmination of 40,000 generations of hunters. They must have had a sense of that timeless tradition. But to me, the biggest question is this. What did they think?

The Clovis story resonates because we imagine them as ancient versions of ourselves, explorers of hidden continents, the last of the masterful hunters of enormous animals, the culmination of 40,000 generations of hunters. They must have had a sense of that timeless tradition. But to me, the biggest question is this. What did they think?

What did they do when so many of the animals they lived among began to disappear, to dwindle to a last few scattered survivors until there were none? What they faced is mirrored by our own 21st century circumstances. Like us, they had lived as their ancestors did, and no doubt had every expectation that the world would continue as it always had.

What did they do when so many of the animals they lived among began to disappear, to dwindle to a last few scattered survivors until there were none? What they faced is mirrored by our own 21st century circumstances. Like us, they had lived as their ancestors did, and no doubt had every expectation that the world would continue as it always had.

What did they do when so many of the animals they lived among began to disappear, to dwindle to a last few scattered survivors until there were none? What they faced is mirrored by our own 21st century circumstances. Like us, they had lived as their ancestors did, and no doubt had every expectation that the world would continue as it always had.

And so long as there was a Siberia or a Beringia or an America out there, it did. But Earth proved finite, and so did its animals. Much as we are doing today, the Clovisians ran into a wall of limits.

And so long as there was a Siberia or a Beringia or an America out there, it did. But Earth proved finite, and so did its animals. Much as we are doing today, the Clovisians ran into a wall of limits.

And so long as there was a Siberia or a Beringia or an America out there, it did. But Earth proved finite, and so did its animals. Much as we are doing today, the Clovisians ran into a wall of limits.

The American West with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network, hosted by me, writer and historian Dan Flores, and brought to you by Velvet Buck. This podcast looks at a West available nowhere else. Each episode, I'll be diving into some of the lesser-known histories of the West.

The American West with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network, hosted by me, writer and historian Dan Flores, and brought to you by Velvet Buck. This podcast looks at a West available nowhere else. Each episode, I'll be diving into some of the lesser-known histories of the West.

The American West with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network, hosted by me, writer and historian Dan Flores, and brought to you by Velvet Buck. This podcast looks at a West available nowhere else. Each episode, I'll be diving into some of the lesser-known histories of the West.

I'll then be joined in conversation by guests such as Western historian Dr. Randall Williams and best-selling author and meat-eater founder Stephen Rinella.

I'll then be joined in conversation by guests such as Western historian Dr. Randall Williams and best-selling author and meat-eater founder Stephen Rinella.

I'll then be joined in conversation by guests such as Western historian Dr. Randall Williams and best-selling author and meat-eater founder Stephen Rinella.

So join me starting Tuesday, May 6th, where we'll delve into stories of the West and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today.

So join me starting Tuesday, May 6th, where we'll delve into stories of the West and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today.

So join me starting Tuesday, May 6th, where we'll delve into stories of the West and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today.

Well, I tend to think that there are some big discoveries yet to be made. I will say that the advent of genomic research you know, on human remains all over the world is telling us a lot of stuff that we've never known before. And that's kind of the modern version of, you know, radiocarbon dating in the 1950s and stuff. We've now got a way to analyze stuff

Well, I tend to think that there are some big discoveries yet to be made. I will say that the advent of genomic research you know, on human remains all over the world is telling us a lot of stuff that we've never known before. And that's kind of the modern version of, you know, radiocarbon dating in the 1950s and stuff. We've now got a way to analyze stuff

Well, I tend to think that there are some big discoveries yet to be made. I will say that the advent of genomic research you know, on human remains all over the world is telling us a lot of stuff that we've never known before. And that's kind of the modern version of, you know, radiocarbon dating in the 1950s and stuff. We've now got a way to analyze stuff