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Butchered bones hint humans were in South America 21,000 years ago

  • A giant armadillo fossil shows humans were in South America around 21,000 years ago, providing early archaeological evidence in the region.
  • The Neosclerocalyptus remains date between 21,090 and 20,811 years, pushing back previous estimates for human migration into the Americas.
  • Radiocarbon dating of the remains was published in the journal PLOS One, altering beliefs about when humans first arrived in the continent.
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Butchered animal bones indicate earliest human presence in southern South America

Fossil bones found in Argentina of a large armadillo relative with cut marks suggestive of butchering indicate humans were present in southern South America some 21,000 years ago, according to researchers, earlier than previously thought.

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Giant armadillo fossil reveals humans were in South America a surprisingly long time ago

Cut marks found on giant armadillo fossils suggest the presence of early humans in what’s now Argentina more than 20,000 years ago — far earlier than once thought.

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Giant armadillo fossil reveals humans were in South America a surprisingly long time ago

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — More than 20,000 years ago in what’s now Argentina, some of the earliest people in the Americas encountered and butchered a giant armadillo-like creature with stone tools, according to a new study. The discovery, inferred from cut marks on the ice age creature’s fossilized remains, is significant because it adds to a flurry of recent finds that suggests the Americas were settled far earlier than archaeologists initiall…

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Tool marks on a giant armadillo show human presence in Argentina 21,000 years ago

21,000 years ago, the Pampas plain was an inhospitable place. The territory occupied today in central Argentina, during the end of the Pleistocene, was cold, arid and was populated by large extinct mammals such as megateriums, saber-toothed tigers and glyptodonts, among others. However, the cuts detected in the back bones of one of these animals show that there were already humans in the region, and are the oldest evidence of human occupation in…

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Dismembered animal bones indicate the arrival of humans in Argentina 21,000 years ago

Bones from the giant relative of armadillos bear dismemberment marks that are attributed to our species, which indicate the arrival of humans earlier than previously thought to the South of South America.

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Evidence for butchery of giant armadillo-like mammals in Argentina 21,000 years ago

Cut marks on fossils could be evidence of humans exploiting large mammals in Argentina more than 20,000 years ago, according to a study published July 17, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Mariano Del Papa of National University of La Plata, Argentina and colleagues.

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