There was this idea that humans arrived and killed everything off very quickly — what’s called ‘Pleistocene overkill,’” said Daniel Odess, an archaeologist at White Sands National Park in New Mexico. But new discoveries suggest that “humans were existing alongside these animals for at least 10,000 years, without making them go extinct.

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Giant sloths and mastodons coexisted with humans for millennia in Americas, new discoveries suggest

New discoveries from several archaeological sites in North and South America suggest that ancient people first arrived in the New World much earlier than scientists once thought

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New discoveries from several archaeological sites in North and South America suggest that ancient people first arrived in the New World much earlier than scientists once thought. These findings hint at a remarkably different life for early people in the…

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Giant sloths, mastodons coexisted with humans for millennia in Americas

AP Science Writer SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — New discoveries from several archaeological sites in North and South America suggest that ancient people first arrived in the New World much earlier than scientists once thought. These findings hint at a remarkably different life for early people in the Americas, one in which they may have spent millennia sharing prehistoric savannas and wetlands with enormous beasts like mastodons, saber-toothed cats a…

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FOUR-ton mega-sloths with flesh-rendering claws lived alongside humans for 10,000 years, new research has found. The 20ft tall meat eating beasts were thought to have been wiped out quickly when humans made it to the Americas. APHumans are now thought to have lived alongside the giant sloths for 10,000 years[/caption]
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Early Americans may have spent millennia sharing prehistoric savannas and wetlands with enormous beasts, research shows.

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Sloths were not always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to four tonnes — and when startled, they brandished immense claws.

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Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia, research suggests

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge – up to 4 tons – and when startled, they brandished immense claws.

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SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons) — and when startled, they brandished immense claws.

Giant sloths and mastodons coexisted with humans for millennia in Americas, new discoveries suggest

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