Early farmers in the Andes were doing just fine, challenging popular theory; diet data shows consistent food resources during the transition from foraging to farming
Ancient DNA reveals new clues about the incredible journey of dogs in the Americas; they went south not with the first hunter-gatherers, but with mobile farming communities
Tracing genetic trails: Colombia’s early hunter-gatherers disappeared completely, according to a new study published in Science Advances
Revelations on the history of leprosy: Leprosy existed in America long before the arrival of Europeans, according to a new study published in Science
Llamas may have been domesticated in the semi-arid North of Chile prior to the Incas, according to multi-proxy analysis of early camelid remains
Discovery of a unique drainage and irrigation system that gave way to the “Neolithic Revolution” at Llanos de Moxos, in the Amazon
Rock art and archaeological record from Cerro Azul reveal man’s complex relationship with Amazonian animals, according to a new study published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
Tool marks are evidence for butchery of Neosclerocalyptus (giant armadillo-like mammals) in Argentina 21,000 years ago
Multiple temporary campsites reveal that ancient people hunted gomphotheres, extinct elephants, at Tagua Tagua Lake in Chile, 12,000 years ago
UW anthropologists’ research unveils early stone plaza at Callacpuma, in the Cajamarca Valley in the Andes, Peru
