January
24
/ 2024
A new study of human remains found at two archaeological sites in the mountains of Peru calls into question the primacy of hunting in ancient South American hunting-gathering cultures. While there is no doubt that Andean indigenous people relied on both plants and animals as food sources thousands of years ago, this latest research shows they were much more dependent on plants for nourishment than previously believed. In a paper just published in the journal PLOS ONE, a team of researchers led by University of Wyoming anthropological archaeologist Randy Haas disclosed eye-opening data about the dietary habits of people who lived on Peru’s Andean Altiplano in the Lake Titicaca Basin between 9,000 and 6,500 years ago. After completing a chemical
