UW anthropologists’ research unveils early stone plaza at Callacpuma, in the Cajamarca Valley in the Andes, Peru
New research challenges hunter-gatherer narrative: in the Andes, between 9,000 and 6,500 years ago, diet was composed of 80 percent plant matter and meat played a secondary role
Reading genetic information of ancient Teotihuacans; Teotihuacan was one of the largest metropolitan centers in ancient Mesoamerica in the pre-Columbian era
Ancient DNA reveals an early African origin of Cattle in the Americas, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports
Ancient DNA reveals diverse community at Machu Picchu, according to a new study published on Science Advances
University of Tübingen computational linguist investigates kinships of the Tupí-Guaraní language family using methods from molecular biology
A new grammatical database, Grambank, documents the reveals accelerating loss of language diversity, in a study published in Science Advances
Genomic analysis shows the Amazon’s Ashaninka people are made up of two subgroups with distinct histories; the study is in the journal Current Biology
The colors on these ancient pots hint at the power of the Wari empire: the same rich black pigment is found in ceramics used in rituals
Scientific ‘detective work’ reveals South American mummies were murdered; the study was published on Frontiers in Medicine
