00:00these are the remains of an ancient armadillo that's not the big archaeological discovery here
00:08instead the marks made in the bones are of scientific significance as they are likely
00:12the first signs of the human species presence in south america the researchers say these butchered
00:18remains are some 21 000 years old from the end of the pleistocene era they were found in what is
00:23now argentina at the southern tip of the continent experts say a thorough analysis of the bones
00:28revealed extremely linear cuts through them meaning they were not made by the teeth of another
00:32animal or by accident in fact the bones were also not disjointed something which often occurs when
00:38being eaten by an animal with the researchers adding that the incisions were made with stone tools the
00:42period when these creatures lived and died by human hands would have been during the ice age with the
00:47species going extinct around 11 000 years ago this new revelation challenges the previous dating of
00:52homo sapiens arrival in south america still the archaeologists say no human remains were found at
00:58the site meaning they're still looking for definitive proof
