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New discoveries could rewrite the history of early Americans — and the 4-ton sloths they lived with

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Archaeologists find evidence that early humans lived alongside giant ground sloths for at least 10,000 years .

The bones of giant sloths show signs of being manipulated by humans at an archaeological site in central Brazil .

The findings could help rewrite the tale of when humans first arrived in the Americas .

The first site widely accepted as older than Clovis was in Monte Verde , Chile .

At New Mexico's White Sands , researchers have uncovered human footprints dated to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago .

Some archaeologists say it's hard to imagine that humans would repeatedly traverse a site and leave no stone tools.

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