Did elephants hang from trees? - the giant sloths of South America

Autor: C. M. Bell
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