Giant Sloth Evolution. Known by many as slow moving tree dwelling animals sloths are adored and loved by so many people around the world myself included. The slothman giganthropus arbrofagus is a giant ground sloth like descendant of the tundra dweller from 3 million years the 30020th century in man after man.
Sometimes it helps to look at the evolution of science at a sloth s pace. Sloths as we know and love them are small slow moving creatures found in the trees of tropical rainforests. They found a clear trend for the evolution of a larger and larger body size in sloths over time.
This prehistoric sloth was as big as an elephant about 20 feet long from head to tail and weighing in the neighborhood of two to three tons.
They have evolved and they have adapted over many many years to become the wonderful adorable creatures that they are today. From greek megatherium is translated to giant beast and how appropriate of a name that is for this creature. An anthropology of the future. This prehistoric sloth was as big as an elephant about 20 feet long from head to tail and weighing in the neighborhood of two to three tons.
