Ars Technica

Megafauna was the meat of choice for South American hunters

The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna may be people’s fault after all, according to a recent study. A team of archaeologists recently examined animal bones at sites dating to the waning years of ...
Yahoo

Giant ground sloths’ fossilized teeth reveal their unique roles in the prehistoric ecosystem

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Harlan's ground sloth fossil skeleton excavated and displayed at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. Larisa DeSantis A two-toed ...
NBC New York

Scientists Say Fossilized Footprints Tell Tale of Sloth Hunt

Researchers studying a trail of fossilized footprints on a remote New Mexico salt flat have determined the tracks tell the story of a group of Ice Age hunters stalking a giant sloth. Park naturalist ...
Nature

First 87Sr/86Sr isotope data for the extinct sloth Lestodon armatus: insights into the spatial ecology of South American Late Pleistocene megafauna.

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...
fox43

Giant sloths with wolverine-like claws used to roam America, and humans hunted them

Although it sounds like a grade-B science fiction movie, fossils show that our ancestors once hunted and fought giant ground sloths. For the first time, scientists have uncovered fossilized footprints ...