The use of seabird poop as a fertilizer for corn and other food crops supported the expansion of pre-Inca civilizations ...
When it comes to the success of ancient civilizations, the first things that come to mind are typically their military ...
Before the Inca civilization rose to power in what’s now Peru, the Chincha Kingdom reigned as a prosperous society on the country’s southern coast. Now, scientists have discovered that seabird ...
A longstanding suspicion that guano (bird droppings) from offshore islands drove the success of coastal communities in what is now Peru, probably sustaining the Inca Empire, has received scientific ...
Long before oceans stabilized and continents formed, Hadean Earth was a world of molten rock, relentless asteroid impacts, and toxic atmospheres. Surface temperatures were extreme, and the young ...
Deep within a cave on New Zealand’s North Island, scientists have uncovered a long-lost record of life from a million years ago.
Ghost lineages reveal themselves through ancient genes that still exist in living beings today.
Nearly half a million years ago - far earlier than researchers once believed - early humans were already building wooden structures.