image: The sloth tooth before sampling showing its distinct apatite layering. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 27th, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by J.T. Larmon at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana, IL, and colleagues was titled, "A year in the life of a giant ground sloth during the Last Glacial Maximum in Belize." view more
Credit: [Credit: Stan Ambrose, courtesy of VOPA]