A study of Inca skeletons reveals how ancient communities cared for those affected by disabilities and chronic illnesses in the Inca period.

The team suspected that “these birds were wild-caught in the rainforest, transported alive across the Andes, and kept in ...

A new study shows that parrots and Amazon macaws were traded across the Andes for elite feather ornaments long before the ...

Ancient DNA reveals pre-Inca societies transported live Amazonian parrots across the formidable Andes mountains.

New analysis of ancient parrot DNA has revealed that vibrant Amazonian parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru centuries before the Inca Empire, highlighting a sophisticated ...

Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated ...

Scientists studied centuries-old bird feathers from an ancient tomb on the coast, and then traced the origins back to the ...

Ancient parrots really got around. A new analysis of their DNA found that humans transported living Amazonian macaw parrots across the Andes mountains to coastal Peru hundreds of years before the Inca ...

Seabird poop played a key role in Chincha Kingdom agriculture, fueling economic growth and political influence in ancient Peru.

New analysis of ancient parrot DNA has revealed vibrant Amazonian parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru centuries before the ...

Centuries before the Inca emerged, Amazonian parrots were carried alive across the Andes and raised in captivity on Peru's coast for their vibrant feathers.