Controversial rock art may depict extinct giants of the ice age - CNN

Giant ground sloths the size of a car, elephantine herbivores and a deerlike animal with an elongated snout are depicted in rock paintings in the Colombian Amazon rainforest, according to a new study. But some archaeologists say the art is more recent.

(CNN)More than 12,000 years ago, South America was teeming with an astonishing array of ice age beasts -- giant ground sloths the size of a car, elephantine herbivores and a deerlike animal with an e… [+3462 chars]

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