Butchered bones hint humans were in South America 21,000 years ago

Butchered bones hint humans were in South America 21,000 years ago

Butchered bones hint humans were in South America 21,000 years ago

Depiction of ancient humans butchering a glyptodont in South America 21,000 years ago

Damián Voglino, Museo de Ciencias Naturales A. Scasso (Colegio Don Bosco), San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Provincia de Buenos Aires (CC-BY 4.0)

Marks found on the 21,000-year-old bones of a giant, armadillo-like animal in Argentina may be the oldest evidence of humans in the southern South America.

If confirmed through additional excavation and research, the findings could push back the date humans were known to be living in the area by about five millennia, to the end of the last glacial period. That…

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