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 ...

An international team has conducted what it says is the first in-depth, wide-scale study of the genomic history of ancient civilisations in the central Andes mountains and coast before European ...

An international team of researchers including the University of Adelaide, has completed the first large-scale study of DNA belonging to ancient humans of the central Andes in South America and found ...

Located near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, the millennia-old city of Tiwanaku was built almost 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) above sea level, making it one of the highest urban centers ever constructed.

Skeletons found at Pacopampa, the site of an ancient Andean civilization in Peru, show signs of ritual violence. Archaeologists study violence to better understand how people in ancient societies ...

An ancient iron ore mine discovered in Peru reveals civilizations in the Andes mined the valuable rock before the Inca Empire. Archaeologists have known that people in the Old and New Worlds have dug ...

Take a trip to La Paz, Bolivia. At 12,000ft it is one of the highest cities in the world. La Paz, Bolivia, is one of the highest cities in the world. The surrounding countryside holds the remains of ...

World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced a monumental discovery at Gran Pajatén, one of Peru’s most significant archaeological sites for its exceptional architecture from the Chachapoya civilization. In ...

An international team of researchers including the University of Adelaide, has completed the first large-scale study of DNA belonging to ancient humans of the central Andes in South America and found ...

Researchers looked at data about violence over centuries in the area that is now Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia. (Getty Images) The extent to which “civilization” heightens or lessens the likelihood ...

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 ...