Mysteries of the Ice Ages

Discover the fascinating stories and mysteries of ice and adaptation through hundreds of artifacts and fossils, models and interactive experiences in "Mysteries of the Ice Ages," as you travel back in time through Earth’s icy history.

BY #CHRISTINALARSON
Published #APNews
6:01 PM CDT, July 11, 2023

#Newresearch suggests humans lived in #SouthAmerica at the same time as now extinct #giantsloths, bolstering evidence that people arrived in the #Americas earlier than once thought.

https://apnews.com/article/giant-sloths-early-people-americas-4c28e6d96f8bd58ede8ac48e0c39b533

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Pendants made from giant sloths suggest earlier arrival of people in the Americas

New research suggests humans lived in South America at the same time as now extinct giant sloths, bolstering evidence that people arrived in the Americas earlier than previously thought. Scientists analyzed pendants made of bony material from the sloths and concluded they were the work of deliberate craftsmanship. Dating of the ornaments and sediment at the Brazil site point to an age of 25,000 to 27,000 years. That’s several thousand years before some earlier theories suggested the first people arrived in the Americas over a land bridge from Asia. The research was published Wednesday in a British journal.

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History Hunter: Canada’s first settlers were in the Yukon

<p>This year, we are celebrating the 125th anniversary of the passage of the <em>Yukon Act</em> (June 13, 1898), but if we want to get a more complete picture of Yukon history let’s add a couple of zeroes to that number, and go back 12,500 years, or more, to the arrival of the first Canadians. Yes, the first people to occupy Canada were in what we call the Yukon today.</p>

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