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"This discovery is a testament to the rich paleontological history of New York," New York State Museum's Robert Feranec said.

More evidence points to the fact that humans may have been in the Americas thousands of years before believed.

“When I found the teeth and examined them in my hands, I knew they were something special and decided to call in the experts, ...

FOUR-ton mega-sloths with flesh-rendering claws lived alongside humans for 10,000 years, new research has found. The 20ft ...

Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons) — and when startled, they brandished immense ...

“We found that the osteoderms were carved before the fossilization process” in “fresh bones” — meaning anywhere ... as well as similar-aged tracks of giant mammals.

Paleontologist Thais Pansani analyzes sloth bones found at Santa ElinaFor a long time, scientists believed the first humans to arrive in the Americas soon killed off these giant ground sloths ...