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>Dating the burrows also remains guesswork at best—animals don’t dig holes after they go extinct. However, they had to have been dug at least 8,000 to 10,000 ye
by de_Selby 8y ago
>Dating the burrows also remains guesswork at best—animals don’t dig holes after they go extinct. However, they had to have been dug at least 8,000 to 10,000 years ago, when South America’s giant ground sloths and armadillos vanished.
Or, when humans came on the scene and 'vanished' them.
- Y_Y 8y agoIf only early man had worried about zoological diversity and the morality of eating giant sloth meat.
- de_Selby 8y agoIt probably had more to do with viewing them as a threat (which they were) than as food.
- GVIrish 8y agoWhether they viewed them as a threat or food, modern humans (i.e. humans with fully developed hunting skills and weapons) who encountered megafauna that weren't afraid of them frequently slaughtered them to the point of extinction.
- eikenberry 8y agoBet they were tasty.