14,000-year-old mammoth traps built by humans found in Mexico

Mexican anthropologists say they have found two human-built pits dug 15,000 years ago to trap mammoths.

Researchers from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said Wednesday the pits were found during excavations on land that was to be used as a garbage dump. The pits filled with bones from at least 14 mammoths were found in the neighbourhood of Tultepec, just north of Mexico City.

14,000-year-old mammoth traps built by humans found in Mexico. (Representational image) (AP)