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Grass, shrubs and dryness: a year in the life of a giant sloth

Cosmos Magazine - Wed 27 Feb 19

A 27,000-year-old tooth reveals the secrets of a single animal. Dyani Lewis reports.

Grass, shrubs and dryness: a year in the life of a giant sloth, Cosmos Magazine - Wed 27 Feb 19

Ancient extinct sloth tooth in Belize tells story of creature's last year

Phys.org - Wed 27 Feb 19

Some 27,000 years ago in central Belize, a giant sloth was thirsty. The region was arid, not like today's steamy jungle. The Last Glacial Maximum had locked up much of Earth's moisture in polar ...

Ancient extinct sloth tooth in Belize tells story of creature's last year, ScienceDaily - Wed 27 Feb 19

Giant sloth’s 27,000-year-old fossils reveal conditions before extinction, research shows

FOXNews - Mon 4 Mar 19

Fossils of a 27,000-year-old giant ground sloth have given scientists insight into what life was like for the 13-foot-tall beast before it died, according to a new study.

27,000-year-old tooth reveals hidden insights into the lives of Giant Sloths

ZME Science - Thu 28 Feb 19

Far from being slow, giant ground sloths were highly adaptable creatures. The new findings suggest that humans must have had a decisive role in the megafauna's extinction.

Ancient tooth from an extinct four-metre sloth found in Belize reveals the creature's last days

Daily Mail - Thu 28 Feb 19

Jean Larmon, and other scientists from the University of Illinois, said the tooth recovered from a cave in Belize showed the animal had lived through a seven-month dry season in the year before ...

27,000-year-old fossil reveals what life was like for a giant ground sloth

USA today - Wed 27 Feb 19

They were big, hairy and freaky-looking, and now we know much more about the world that giant ground sloths lived in 27,000 years ago, a new study reports.        

The Tooth of the First Fossilized Giant Ground Sloth From Belize Exposes its World

Laboratory Equipment - Fri 1 Mar 19

NewsBy analyzing a tooth from the first remains of an extinct giant ground sloth, researchers have uncovered insights into the animal's dietary adaptations.Contributed Author: American ...