Sloths of the past are of endless fascination. These giants of the ancient world diversified into countless species, ranging from North to South America, only to vanish a few thousand years ago. Why did they get so big? How did they go extinct? And what about those massive tunnels they apparently dug?

JULIA TEJADA is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Evolutionary Sciences at the University of Montpellier‬ focussing on vertebrate palaeontology and mammalian evolution. She is known for her work on the extinct giant sloths of the ancient Americas.

MARK from Evolution Soup discusses ancient Ground Sloths with Julia - including her recent work on how the belief that all sloths were herbivores is not necessarily true...


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00:00 START
01:15 JULIA'S BACKGROUND
02:48 SLOTH OVERVIEW
05:43 SLOTH SIZE
08:30 HUMANS & SLOTHS?
11:01 SLOTH TUNNELS
13:03 CARNIVORES?
16:04 EXTINCTION & DNA




LINKS FOR JULIA TEJADA:

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...

University of Montpellier: https://www.umontpellier.fr/en/


RESEARCH: Isotope data from amino acids indicate Darwin’s ground sloth was not an herbivore https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...


Lima 4K footage via ALL in 4K: https://bit.ly/3Hq4KJb


ARTIST JULIO LACERDA:

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https://www.deviantart.com/julio-lace...

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Insta: @lacerda.julio



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