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First South Americans Ate Giant Sloths (30,000 years ago!)
Discovery News ^
| 11-19-2013
| Jennifer Viegas
Posted on 11/21/2013 4:11:30 AM PST by Renfield
Giant sloths were eaten by a population living in Uruguay 30,000 years ago, suggesting humans arrived in the Americas far earlier than previously thought, according to a new study.
The discovery, along with other recent findings, strengthens the theory that people arrived in South America via ocean crossings long before humans might have walked into North America from northeastern Asia, during the end of the last glacial period around 16,000 years ago. The study was published in the latest Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
These brave individuals apparently did not shy away from big game either, with giant sloth being at the top of the menu....
(Excerpt) Read more at news.discovery.com ...
TOPICS: Food; History; Science
KEYWORDS: anthropology; archaeology; godsgravesglyphs; pleistocene
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posted on
11/21/2013 4:11:30 AM PST
by
Renfield
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/21/2013 4:11:45 AM PST
by
Renfield
(Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
To: Renfield
"Giant sloth...Hurrrgh..."
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posted on
11/21/2013 4:21:15 AM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: Renfield
Did they also find the over sized Weber grill?
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posted on
11/21/2013 4:22:29 AM PST
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
To: Renfield
"Delicious and nutritious - tastes like chicken!"
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posted on
11/21/2013 4:26:00 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: Renfield
Giant Sloth... the thrill of the chase!
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posted on
11/21/2013 4:32:41 AM PST
by
glorgau
To: glorgau
Yeah, why get tired chasing stuff right?
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posted on
11/21/2013 4:44:11 AM PST
by
drbuzzard
(All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others.)
To: COBOL2Java
GMTA- beat Me to the pic so I’ll just put My caption.
Sloth- it’s what’s for Dinner!
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posted on
11/21/2013 4:52:04 AM PST
by
mabarker1
(Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!!)
To: glorgau
Just the quarry for us middle-aged hunters who are starting to slow down a bit. Those deer run too fast.
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posted on
11/21/2013 6:11:01 AM PST
by
Renfield
(Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
To: Renfield
I think Andrew Zimmern was served sloth when he went to Uruguay a couple of seasons ago.
To: mabarker1
Just called down to the local Synagogue to ask them whether sloth was Kosher.
That should keep ‘em busy for the next nine or ten years...
To: Renfield; SunkenCiv
Humanity was a seafaring population tens of thousands of years ago. I can never get over what a striking fact that is.
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posted on
11/21/2013 6:29:40 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
LOL!!!
Should I check with the local mosque?
On second thought that would probably be a “hate crime”
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posted on
11/21/2013 10:33:13 AM PST
by
mabarker1
(Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!!)
To: Sloth
To: Renfield; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks Renfield.
Giant sloths were eaten by a population living in Uruguay 30,000 years ago, suggesting humans arrived in the Americas far earlier than previously thought, according to a new study...
We've been seeing a nice march of data this year.
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11/22/2013 1:25:35 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Just called down to the local Synagogue to ask them whether sloth was Kosher. No, doesn't both have cloven hooves and chew a cud.
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:14:08 AM PST
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: null and void
No, doesn't both have cloven hooves and chew a cud. Plus it pisses allover itself
To: Archie Bunker on steroids
I missed that passage in Leviticus...
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:50:00 PM PST
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: Renfield
So having tons of leftovers isn’t a new problem.
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:57:43 PM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: null and void
It may be in there? I have been next to a sloth & believe they do cover themselves in urine to make themselves less attractive to predators....think of what a giant one would smell like
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