(DailyEmailNews.com) – In a shocking revelation, new evidence suggests that humans lived alongside giant ground sloths and mastodons for thousands of years.
For decades, it was believed that early humans hunted large prehistoric animals to extinction after arriving in the Americas.
However, recent archaeological findings at sites like Santa Elina in Brazil paint a very different picture: humans and these gigantic beasts lived together for thousands of years.
These giant ground sloths were not the slow, lazy creatures we might imagine.
They were amazing animals that weighed up to 4 tons, had immense claws and roamed the continent alongside mastodons and other megafauna.
The fact that humans managed to survive and thrive in such a dangerous environment is a testament to their resilience.
The “Pleistocene overkill” theory, which claimed that humans quickly wiped out these animals, is now being thoroughly debunked.
Evidence from Santa Elina shows that humans used giant sloth bones some 27,000 years ago – long before the supposed arrival of humans in the Americas, according to previous estimates.
This revelation suggests a complex ecosystem where humans and these giant creatures coexisted, possibly even benefiting from each other’s presence.
Some sloth bones, called osteoderms, may have even been used as decorations by ancient humans, showing a level of cultural advancement.
The implications of this discovery extend far beyond academics as it challenges preconceived notions of the Earth’s past.
Furthermore, these findings cast doubt the Clovis-first theory, which claimed humans only arrived in the Americas 11,000 to 13,000 years ago.
Human footprints discovered at White Sands, New Mexico, dated to 21,000-23,000 years ago, suggest a much earlier human presence in North America than previously acknowledged.
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