Comments on: Megafauna Mania

By: dabode

dabode — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:42:40 +0000

The glyptodont was a prehistoric mammal and according to wikipedia:

They became extinct about 10,000 years ago. The native human population in their range is believed to have hunted them and used the shells of dead animals as shelters in inclement weather.

So really not that long ago.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:54:40 +0000

Dinosaurs are not fossil mammals, which is what is being mentioned here.

A general definition of the Pleistocene is given, of which some of that time overlaps with modern humans.

It is generally acknowledged that some forms of ground sloths and perhaps other fossil mammals might have lived at the same time as humans, of course.

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:49:28 +0000

“Fossil bones of a glyptodont (replica above), the nearly complete skeleton of a Megatherium and a head of a Stegomastodon dated from the Pleistocene, the epoch from 1.8 million to 10,000 years ago…” Are you saying that the creature above was alive and walking this earth at the same time as men? 10,000 years I think both sides of the debate will acknowledge the existence of mankind then. And if this one was around then, why not other dinos.