On 23 September 1832 a young naturalist, thousands of miles from home and frequently seasick and homesick, found the fossil of an enormous skull embedded in soft rock. It took Charles Darwin three hours to chip it out of the cliff face at Punta Alta in Argentina, and hours more to lug it back to base.

What kind of fossils did Charles Darwin find at Punta Alta?

During his voyage, Darwin actually collected a number of different ground sloth fossils which would turn out to be from four different species. Of these, three were new to science.

What did Darwin find in Argentina?

What did Darwin discover in Argentina? In Argentina, Darwin discovered fossils that included, skulls, jaws, and backbones that came from giant mammals that were extinct.