Ancient Sloth Bones Suggest Humans Settled the Americas Earlier Than Thought

A new study analyzed three bones from an extinct giant ground sloth in Brazil.
The bones showed evidence of being crafted into pendants 27,000 years ago.
This suggests humans occupied central-west Brazil much earlier than the commonly accepted timeline.
The pendants are the oldest known jewelry found in the Americas.
The findings provide new evidence that humans arrived in the Americas during the Pleistocene Epoch.