Scientists say fossilized footprints tell tale of sloth hunt

WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, N.M. (AP) — Researchers studying a trail of fossilized footprints on a remote New Mexico salt flat have determined the tracks tell the story of a group of Ice Age hunters stalking a giant sloth.

Park naturalist David Bustos says the series of tracks and adult and children's footprints found at White Sands National Monument shows someone followed a now-extinct giant ground sloth, purposely stepping in their tracks as they did so.

The team studying the fossil prints detailed its findings in the latest edition of the journal Science Advances , the Las Cruces Sun-New...