Strange Holes in Ancient Sloth Bones May Rewrite Human History

Strange Holes in Ancient Sloth Bones May Rewrite Human History

The objects suggest that humans entered South America thousands of years earlier than previously thought.

Ancient DNA from lake sediments in Uttarakhand suggest humans arrived in the Himalayas much earlier than previously recorded

Research Matters Staff Writer(s) Roorkee 7 Aug 2026 Researchers have discovered a biological time capsule beneath a remote Himalayan lakebed, revealing that humans were roaming the high-altitude peaks thousands of years earlier than previously recorded. By analysing ancient DNA and chemical molecular fossils trapped in the mud of Toli Lake in Uttarakhand, a multidisciplinary team of scientists has reconstructed a continuous 15,000-year history o…