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The main reason Archaic Native America shifted from big game hunters to foraging and hunting smaller animals was because large mammals like mammoths could not adapt to the warmer climate, making them extinct. Archaeologist also believe that the Paleo-Indians could have contributed to the extinction because they would kill the larger animals so quickly that the animals did not have enough time to reproduce. The Paleo-Indians had to make two changes to their life because the environmental change by starting to hunt more small animals and collecting many wild plant foods like nuts, fruits, and seeds. This information displays how the Paleo-Indians could adapt to many different changes in their environment over time. This also teaches us that a
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