Paleontologist Thaís Pansani standing in front of a reconstructed giant ground sloth skeleton at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. AP SAO PAULO (Associated Press ...
"Some of the most tantalizing clues come from an archaeological site in central Brazil called Santa Elina, where bones of giant ground sloths show signs of being manipulated by humans. Sloths like ...
New research revealed that the first humans to arrive in the Americas lived alongside giant ground sloths for thousands of years, challenging previous theories about human migration and megafauna ...
Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons) — and when startled, they brandished immense claws.Video above: Paleontologist Thais Pansani analyzes sloth bones found at Santa ...