Ancient giant sloth bones suggest humans were in Americas far earlier than thought
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - 11:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(Phys.org) —A team of Uruguayan researchers working at the Arroyo del Vizcaíno site near Sauce, in Uruguay has found evidence in ancient sloth bones that suggests humans were in the area as far back as 30,000 years ago. The team describes their evidence and findings in a paper they've had published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.