Researchers have found evidence of butchery marks on the back of an ancient armadillo-like animal, suggesting humans were in South America 20,000 years ago -- earlier than many researchers thought.

A family of ancient animals called Glyptodonts have long been thought of as giant armadillos, and now scientists have the genetic data to back it up: According to a study published Monday in ...

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of the extinct armadillo genus Parutaetus from fossilized osteoderms found in the Paraná state of southern Brazil. Named Parutaetus oliveirai, this ...

Ancient armadillo the size of a car discovered in dried-up riverbed Jasper Hamill Published February 21, 2020 3:34pm Comments ...

So there are many very interesting factoids about this fascinating, prehistoric creature the armadillo – especially the association with leprosy, an ancient disease from mediaeval times.

A fossil of an armadillo-like mammal appears to bear cut marks from butchering by humans, suggesting people were living in South America at least 20,000 years ago, even earlier than once thought.

A new genetic analysis of the glyptodont, an ancient armored creature the size of a Volkswagen Beetle, reveals that it's closely related to the modern-day armadillo. Glyptodonts roamed the Earth ...

When scientists recently dug up fossilized bones of a species of megafauna by a riverbank in Argentina, they found something even more fascinating than the remnants of this glyptodont. On those ...

The ancient bruisers probably diverged from the rest of the family about 35 million years ago, which is more than 30 million years before modern armadillo species hit the scene. Loading ...

A farmer has found the 20,000-year-old remains of four prehistoric armadillos that grew to the size of a car at the bottom of a dried-out riverbed.

Researchers have found evidence of butchery marks on the back of an ancient armadillo-like animal, suggesting humans were in South America 20,000 years ago -- earlier than many researchers thought.