New research shows that ancient dogs did not join Indigenous people in Central and South America until farming became popular ...

Baird’s tapirs are an ancient group of animals known as "Living Fossils." They are related to the primitive horse and ...

These ancient ruins have also been referred to as Tiahuanacu and is the location of an ancient civilization like no other in South America. You will find large stones, many weighing up to 100 tons ...

Researchers have found evidence of butchery marks on the back of an ancient armadillo-like animal, suggesting humans were in South America 20,000 years ago -- earlier than many researchers thought.

Using DNA from two ancient humans unearthed in two different archaeological sites in northeast Brazil, researchers have unraveled the deep demographic history of South America at the regional ...

A team has used genome-wide ancient DNA data to revise Central and South American history. Their analysis of DNA from 49 individuals spanning about 10,000 years in Belize, Brazil, the Central ...

Ancient populations in South America declined dramatically around 8,000 years ago as people struggled to cope with sudden changes to the climate, archeologists believe. Hunter-gatherers rapidly ...

When these creatures lived, North America and South America were separated by a seaway. It was only later, about 2.6 million years ago, the Isthmus of Panama rose up to form a land bridge between ...

Still, prior to the new study—which represents not only the earliest archaeological evidence of cacao use, but the only evidence found in South America thus far—scholars had traced the origins ...

The genomic survey, unprecedented in size and scope, was made possible by ancient DNA collected from 49 individuals in North and South America. One of those individuals is Anzick-1, a Paleo-Indian ...

Fossils of one of the largest turtles that ever lived have been found in South America, scientists said this week. Remains of the car-size freshwater beast, called Stupendemys geographicus, were ...