Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 225, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1915 — Extinct Ground Sloth. [ARTICLE]

Extinct Ground Sloth.

The remains of an extinct ground sloth found in Patagonia and brought to this country by Mr. Roosevelt is now in the American Museum of Natural History in New York. These remains possess extraordinary interest, because the surroundings in which they were found seem to prove that the animal was living only a few centuries ago. and was not only contemporary with primitive man, but was to some extent domesticated by him. Previous to this discovery it had been believed that all the great ground sloths of South America, of which many fossil remains have been found, became extinct thousands of years ago. The remains recently found were discovered in a dry cave, in company with tools or weapons or stone and bone, together with bungles of grass spread as though intended for fodder. There were other indications that the animals had been stabled or imprisoned in the cave and fed by their captors.