Ancient DNA Reveals How Farming Spread and Nearly Broke a Civilization

Ancient DNA reveals how family bonds helped Andean communities survive climate crisis, disease, and the pressures of early ...
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What ancient farmers can really teach us about adapting to climate change – and how political power influences success or failure

A farmer paddles to his fields on an artificial island among canals, part of an ancient Aztec system known as chinampas, in 2021. AP Photo /Marco Ugarte In dozens of archaeological discoveries around ...

Meet Peru’s potato guardians, fighting to protect the country’s beloved tubers against climate change

From high in the Andean mountains to the tables of Lima, Emma Henderson traces the humble potato from it traditional roots to ...
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Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation

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Climate change likely led to violence in early Andean populations

Climate change in current times has created problems for humans such as wildfires and reduced growing seasons for staple crops, spilling over into economic effects. Many researchers predict, and have ...
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Drought in Peru Andes proves fatal for alpacas, potato crops

A peasant walks among her alpaca herd in Lagunillas in the Peruvian department of Puno on December 2, 2022 - Copyright AFP Gints Ivuskans A peasant walks among her ...