FOUR-ton mega-sloths with flesh-rendering claws lived alongside humans for 10,000 years, new research has found. The 20ft tall meat eating beasts were thought to have been wiped out quickly when ...

But new research has found the sloth's bones had been turned into jewellery by humans that lived alongside them 27,000 years ago. One penny-sized sloth fossil appears to be deliberately polished ...

Jeffrey is a Linnaeus's two-toed sloths, also know as a Linné's two-toed sloth, according to Smithsonian's National Zoo and ...

Prehistoric sloths were massive creatures with large claws, suggesting early humans in the Americas might have coexisted with them for millennia. New findings from Brazil's Santa Elina site imply ...

Sloths weren't always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge—up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons)—and when startled, they brandished immense claws. For a long time ...

Their prehistoric ancestors were huge - up to 4 tons - and when startled, they brandished immense claws ... sloths died, but not thousands of years later. Her team also tested and ruled out ...