Ancient extinct sloth tooth in Belize tells story of creature's last year
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - 15:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Some 27,000 years ago in central Belize, a giant sloth was thirsty. It eventually found water in a deep sinkhole, but it was the creature's last drink. A new analysis of its tooth offers insight into the landscape it inhabited and what it ate its last year of life.