Costa Rica digs up mastodon, giant sloth bones in major archaeological find

Photo by HANDOUT / COSTA RICA'S MINISTRY OF CULTURE / AFP. Handout picture released by Costa Rica's Ministry of Culture showing archaeologists from the National Museum of Costa Rica taking part in the excavation and recovery of fossil remains of a giant mastodon (Cuvieronius) and a giant ground sloth (Eremotherium), species of Pleistocene megafauna, in the province of Cartago, Costa Rica, on February 13, 2026.