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  • Giant sloth tooth in Belize tells story of creature’s last year

    Feb 27, 2019 2:45 pm by Diana YatesResearch
    tooth of the giant sloth. Photo by Stanley Ambrose

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    • tooth of the giant sloth. Photo by Stanley Ambrose

    Anthropology professor Lisa Lucero and colleagues discovered the remains of an extinct giant sloth. An analysis of the sloth tooth offers insight into the climate and environment of the region 27,000 years ago.