Ancient DNA reveals pre-Inca societies transported live Amazonian parrots across the formidable Andes mountains.
Ancient DNA pulled from colorful feathers inside a sealed Peruvian tomb has revealed that pre-Inca societies ran a ...
Excavations on Peru's coast reveal pre-Inca parrot husbandry, radiocarbon-dated to 1100-1450, and long-distance transport from the Amazon basin.
The team suspected that “these birds were wild-caught in the rainforest, transported alive across the Andes, and kept in ...