An international research team has conducted the first in-depth, wide-scale study of the genomic history of ancient civilizations in the central Andes mountains and coast before European contact. The ...

Two small, wrinkled lumps of potato were found buried inside a ceramic jar on the floor of an ancient storage room on the ...

In 2022, we told you about a study reporting evidence that an ancient Peruvian people called the Wari laced the beer served at their feasts with hallucinogens—particularly a substance derived from the ...

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an ancient South American temple they say has helped pull back the curtain on the workings of its enigmatic Andean civilization. Known as the Tiwanaku, the ...

The study included samples from the 15th-century Incan site of Machu Picchu. (Photo by) Lars Fehren-Schmitz, associate professor of anthropology, is a co-senior author on the paper, which he said is ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered how Incas used Andean balance scales and ancient string knot writing known as "khipus," in association with sacred, animate landscapes.

Two thousand years before the Inca empire dominated the Andes, a lesser-known society known as the Chavín Phenomenon shared common art, architecture, and materials throughout modern-day Peru. Through ...

Forty thousand years ago, ­gigantic land mammals thrived in South America. But because bird bones are more brittle, they are less likely to have survived as fossils. As a result, we know much less ...

Analysis yields first comprehensive genomic profile of ancient populations in central Andes Findings emerge from DNA of 89 individuals who lived as long as 9,000 years ago, including some of the ...