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A giant ground sloth tooth and other Ice Age era animal remains were discovered during a road project in Lubbock, Texas. The remains, estimated to be 18,000-36,000 years old, are being preserved ...
The remains of an Ice Age era animal have been unearthed in Lubbock during a road construction project. Here's what it was ...
Long before today’s slow-moving tree dwellers, sloths were towering giants ... we explore what these Ice Age titans were really like and what their fossils tell us about the prehistoric world ...
Mississippi has changed over millions of years and everything from sea monster to dire wolf fossils can be found here.
During the Ice Age, some mammals were particularly large. The giant sloth had adapted very well to the climatic conditions. The reason for its extinction was unclear for a long time - until ...
these sloths were one of the strangest animals of the ice age. They weighed as much, or more, than the short-faced bear at 1 tonne and stood 3 metres tall, growing to the size of an ox.
Ice Age: Frozen in Time runs from April 14 through ... saber-tooth cats and ground sloths. “You will be amazed to see how massive these animals were. The size of a mammoth’s tusks or a saber ...
The oldest perspective looks back 120,000 years, depicting mastodons, Ice Age bison, and Jefferson ground sloths around Ziegler Reservoir during the Pleistocene Epoch. The next viewfinder ...
After a West Texas road project unearthed ancient remains of Ice Age era animals ... the discovery of a tooth belonging to a Giant Ground Sloth in Lubbock. This tooth, along with a mix of other ...
This time period is known as the Ice Age, which ended 11,700 years ago. "We know we found the giant ground sloth by the distinctive tooth that was discovered," said Jason Britsch, Amarillo Public ...