Coprolites reveal that the Huecoid and Saladoid cultures – two pre-Columbian cultures of the Caribbean – consumed a diversity of plants, with peanuts, papaya, maize, and even cotton and tobacco detected
Researchers have extracted the first ancient DNA from Caribbean parrots, which they compared with genetic sequences from modern birds
Earliest evidence of wine consumption in the Americas found at the Isla de Mona, in the Caribbean Sea, according to a study published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Study of the oldest human remains — the so-called “Archaic” or “Pre-Arawak” people — from Puerto Rico reveal a complex cultural landscape since 1800BC.
Ancient DNA sheds new light on the movement of animals and humans in the Caribbean where each island can be a unique microcosm of life
