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Earth sloths were not that “slothful” as the present ones. They did not live hanging from trees.

You would have to picture a very strong tree to hold a 3.000 kg Lestodon!

About the finding

By vnd on 04 Sep 2012
The discovery made at Arroyo del Vizcaíno, in Canelones, Uruguay, depicts the long-gone giant mammals as they were and, in addition, offers unexpected evidence of human presence far earlier than had been accepted.
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By vnd on 04 Sep 2012

Laboratorio de Paleobiología
Facultad de Ciencias
Iguá 4225 esq. Mataojo
C.P. 11400
Montevideo, Uruguay

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Arroyo del Vizcaíno – Sauce, Uruguay. Photos by Martín Batallés and Gabriela Costoya.
3D models by Mauro Muyano. Translation by Eva Fariña and Patricia Grigny. Web: venado