An ancient band of thousands of precisely aligned small pits stretching 1.5 kilometres across the Pisco Valley in Peru has baffled experts for almost a century.
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Inca literacy may have been more inclusive than previously thought.
Machu Picchu is now an iconic tourist destination in Peru – but it was once a royal palace that pulled people from all corners of the Inca empire.
Llama toys, therapy lamas, petting zoo llamas: llamas are hot in the US, surpassing unicorns in popularity, but their relationship with South American people stretches over 7,000 years.
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Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for the Environment and Public Lands, Boise State University
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PhD candidate in Genetic Anthropology, Adelaide University
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Professor of Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews
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Tom Austen Brown Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney
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Exec. Director, Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture and the Environment; Professor of Anthropology, University of South Florida