Fossilized Teeth Uncover Ground Sloths' Ecological Role

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Source: The Conversation
Fossilized Teeth Uncover Ground Sloths' Ecological Role
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Fossilized teeth of giant ground sloths reveal their diverse diets and ecological roles in the Pleistocene, highlighting how their extinction led to significant ecological changes and loss of ecosystem engineering functions, with modern sloths only hinting at their ancient environmental influence.

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