An indentation in a 33,000-year-old right calcaneus of the ground sloth Lestodon (Xenarthra, Folivora) from Uruguay and its possible human agency

An indentation in a 33,000-year-old right calcaneus of the ground sloth Lestodon (Xenarthra, Folivora) from Uruguay and its possible human agency

Abstract Several sites in the Americas are proposed to have evidence of human occupation before the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). The timing of human colonisation of the Americas is a matter of debate due to its intrinsic interest, but also because of the implications of that arrival for the extinctio...

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Main Authors: Richard A. Fariña, Elspeth Hayes, Luis A. Lemoine, Richard Fullagar, P. Sebastián Tambusso, Luciano Varela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-06-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
Subjects:
Pleistocene
Human arrival
America’s first settlers
Microscopic wear
Residues
Megafauna
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-025-00379-0
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