What I've read is that the evidence from encampments indicate that humans tended to hunt smaller animals and foraged for food even when larger animals were in t

What I've read is that the evidence from encampments indicate that humans tended to hunt smaller animals and foraged for food even when larger animals were in the area. This was specifically in the context of the Clovis people hunting mammoths, but as a complete non-expert I feel I am within my rights to grossly overgeneralize.