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We May Have to Rethink When
People Arrived in the Americas

NEW STUDY

Jul 12, 2023 12:20 PM CDT

We May Have to Rethink When People Arrived in the Americas

Pendants made from now-extinct giant sloths found in Brazil date back 25K-27K years

(Newser) - New research suggests humans lived in South America at the same time as now extinct giant sloths, reports the AP , bolstering evidence that people arrived in the Americas earlier than once thought. Scientists analyzed triangular and teardrop-shaped pendants made of bony material from the sloths. They concluded that the carved...

Zip-Lining Boy Slams Into Unexpected Visitor

He Was on the Zip Line.
Then, a Surprise Obstacle

He Was on the Zip Line. Then, a Surprise Obstacle

Both child and sloth are said to be OK after boy slammed into creature

(Newser) - A young boy experienced quite a ride during a zip-lining expedition in Costa Rica, with an unexpected surprise along the way. Go Adventure Arenal Park posted a video this week showing the excited child, filmed by the guide behind him, as he began his swoosh through the rainforest. "No...

Canadian Accused of Crossing Into US With Sloth, Croc Parts

Canadian Accused
of Entering US
With Interesting
'Undeclared' Items

May 29, 2021 5:30 AM CDT

Canadian Accused of Entering US With Interesting 'Undeclared' Items

Including sloth and croc parts, raccoon feet, shark jaws, and a human skull 'with mounted butterflies'

(Newser) - A Montreal woman has been arrested on charges of trying to cross the US border into Canada with "numerous undeclared wildlife items," including a three-toed sloth, 18 crocodile skulls and heads, and seven crocodile feet, per documents filed in federal court in Vermont, reports the AP . Vanessa Rondeau,...

Yale Grad Students Debunk
1951 Dinner-Party Legend

Feb 8, 2016 8:33 AM CST

Yale Grad Students Debunk 1951 Dinner-Party Legend

A hoax of mammoth proportions is revealed

(Newser) - The Explorers Club Annual Dinner in New York—now going on its 112th year —has long treated its guests to exotic food items, including in more recent years deep-fried tarantulas, goat eyeball martinis, and the barbecued sex organs of bulls, reports the Atlantic . But the most famous meal of...

Sloth Tries to
Cross Road, Gets
Save From Cop

Jan 25, 2016 10:11 AM CST

Sloth Tries to Cross Road, Gets Save From Cop

Ecuadorian adventurer was in the wrong place at the wrong time

(Newser) - We all feel a little sluggish on Mondays, but the struggle was real for this sloth trying to cross a newly opened highway in Ecuador. Per Jalopnik , a transit cop found the creature—referred to locally as an "oso perezoso," or "lazy bear," WLS-TV notes—terrified...