Giant sloth pendants indicate earlier human presence in Americas

New research suggests that humans inhabited the continent alongside now-extinct giant sloths over 25,000 years ago.

The discovery was made at the Santa Elina rock shelter in central Brazil, where archaeologists found three pendants made of bony material from the giant sloth Glossotherium phoenesis...

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One of the largest ground sloths, the elephant sized Eremotherium laurillardi, which ranged throughout most of South America, Central America and the southern United States until just about 11,000 years ago
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This one is for my licensing library. You can also see a figure showing the manus of this taxon, quickly recognized by the presence of only two claws

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Am I the only one who wants to create a character that uses a giant sloth as a steed?

Maybe have a whole giant sloth Cavalry.

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