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Credit: Fabiana Martin/CEHA
Partial jaw of a large, extinct jaguar discovered in a cave in the Ultima Esperanza region of Patagonia.
« Ancient DNA Shows Perfect Storm Felled Ice Age Giants
Credit: Alan Cooper
Cueva del Milodon, or Mylodon Cave (named after the mummified skin, and large deposits of dung, of the Giant Ground Sloth found in the cave), Patagonia. Many of the ancient bones used in the study were excavated here.
« Ancient DNA Shows Perfect Storm Felled Ice Age Giants
Credit: Alan Cooper/Malmo Museum
Ancient guanaco jawbone, and tooth sample used to extract DNA, originally excavated from Cueva del Mylodon (shown in photo 4).
« Ancient DNA Shows Perfect Storm Felled Ice Age Giants
Credit: Luis Borerro
Perito Moreno Glacier, Patagonia. Such glaciers covered the Patagonian landscape until shortly before the animal bones were deposited in the caves.
« Ancient DNA Shows Perfect Storm Felled Ice Age Giants
Credit: Fabiana Martin
Wild guanacos (ancestors of llamas), Patagonia.
« Ancient DNA Shows Perfect Storm Felled Ice Age Giants
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