San José, Feb 13, 2026 (AFP) - Costa Rica digs up mastodon, giant sloth bones in major archaeological find

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2026-02-14

Researchers in Costa Rica have unearthed fossils from a mastodon and a giant sloth that lived as many as 40,000 years ago, officials announced Friday, calling it the biggest such find here in decades. The National Museum said the bones were found by accident on private property in Cartago province of the Central American country, east of the capital San Jose. "Preliminary studies based on geological analysis of the terrain and the different layer......

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