Were domestic camelids present on the prehispanic South American agricultural frontier? An ancient DNA study.

The southern boundary of prehispanic farming in South America occurs in central Mendoza Province, Argentina at approximately 34 degrees south latitude. Archaeological evidence of farming includes the recovery of macrobotanical remains of cultigens and isotopic chemistry of human bone. Since the 1990...

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Main Authors: Cinthia Carolina Abbona, Gustavo Neme Adolfo, Jeff Johnson, Tracy Kim, Adolfo Fabian Gil, Steve Wolverton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240474