Posted on 07/19/2024 2:42:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The discovery of butchered bones belonging to a glyptodont, a giant relative of the armadillo, suggests that humans were living in Argentina 20,000 years ago.
Ancient humans may have butchered and eaten a giant armadillo-like creature around 20,000 years ago in what is now Argentina, a new study finds.
The discovery of the butchered bones supports a growing body of evidence that people spread throughout the Americas much earlier than previously assumed.
During the Late Pleistocene epoch (129,000 to 11,700 years ago), ice sheets and glaciers covered much of the planet, particularly during the Last Glacial Maximum, a period around 26,000 to 20,000 years ago when the ice age was at its height. While archaeologists previously thought that the first Americans arrived by journeying along a land bridge connecting Siberia with Alaska 13,000 years ago, archaeological sites discovered in North and South America in the last decade point to humans arriving in the region much earlier.
In a new study published Wednesday (July 17) in the journal PLOS One, researchers revealed they found cut marks on the fossil remains of a glyptodont known as Neosclerocalyptus — a giant, extinct armadillo relative. These marked bones, found in the Pampean region of Argentina, may be among the earliest examples of humans interacting with megafauna in South America.
The incomplete animal skeleton, found along the banks of the Reconquista River on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, included parts of the pelvis and tail as well as a portion of the carapace — bony plates that covered the top of the animal's body. The researchers carbon-dated a fragment of pelvic bone to 21,090 to 20,811 years ago, which was consistent with the geological dates of the sediment in which the animal was found.
To determine whether the cut marks were human-made, the researchers photographed
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They got there, looked at their white skin, and said, "Where did the tango?"
Armadillo...possum on the half shell...
Mmmmmmm…..
Nothing like a good Armadillo steak smothered in mushrooms and browned onions.
James Carville eats it like three times a week.
There is the Cerutti mastodon bone discovered near San Diego California which is dated to around 130,000 years ago.
All of the older evidence is alleged artifacts of human presence - foot prints, stone tools, cut marks, etc.
Studies of modern day DNA, based on known mutation rates, estimate the first human presence in the Americas at 15,000 to 18,000 years ago.
That’s probably why he looks like Gollum!
Another article on the History of this Land that maybe of interest.
A DNA Search for the First Americans Links Amazon Groups to Indigenous Australians
July 21, 2015
Helen Thompson
So back then much of the world was covered with ice. Then the cave man came along, invented fire and global warming took off. Man has been ruining the planet ever since. /s/
If they could arrive in the Americas from the East via ice covering the northern oceans, then they could also have arrived from the West via ice covering the northern oceans. Could it be that the ones who later came across the Bering land bridge wiped out the original “native” Americans or “first nations” who came from Europe? Just asking.
Thanks for the link, deport.
Now that I think about it, the 15,000 to 18,000 year DNA estimate is for North America only.
I will read your link when I get home.
Looks interesting.
It taste like chicken! ;-))
Though I'd like to watch and see who takes the first bite.
"Hold muh beer …"
In James Michner’s book, Centennial, there was an estimate as to how long it took for humans to cross into North America from Asia and then reach the tip of South America.
That guess was 15,000 years. This was an average of 8 years a generation.
The reasons for moving on were Enemies and loss of food.
Michner did not mention Giant Armadillos.
Known to be carriers of Leprosy. (C’est domage.)
They call an Armadillo, with out an arm...........”dillo!”
It went off on a tangent.
🤦♂️
Ok that was a terribly great one. 😆
Excellent, truly Excellent. The Book Report, an often overlooked literary genre, perfected!
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