Did elephants hang from trees? - the giant sloths of South America
Autor: | C. M. Bell |
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Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Zdroj: | Geology Today. 18:63-66 |
ISSN: | 0266-6979 |
Popis: | One hundred years ago, the discovery of fresh-looking, red, hairy skin and huge piles of dung of an extinct animal caused a media storm. The remains were found jumbled with human bones and tools on the floor of a cave near the southern tip of South America. Were the huge, cumbersome, hamster-like creatures known as ground sloths still roaming the remote forests? |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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