'Political motivations' of Inca emperor led to the sacrifice of 3 children on a snow-capped volcano over 500 years ago, study suggests Live Science By: kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) 14 June 2026 at 14:00 An analysis of corn, cassava and coca plants discovered with sacrificed Inca children reveals they died during the reign of one of the last Inca emperors.
Thanks to natural selection, Indigenous Andeans may digest potatoes better than anyone else in the world, study finds Live Science 8 June 2026 at 17:54 After domesticating potatoes 10,000 years ago, the ancient people of the Andes evolved to have more copies of a key gene involved in digesting starch.
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