Scientists from the University of Sheffield will warn policymakers that the shrinking glaciers of the Andes threaten the water supply of 90 million people on the South American continent at the ...

Turns out, one of the world's oldest staple foods may have done more than keep people fed.

May 7 (Reuters) - Indigenous people in the Andes domesticated the potato - a great source of starch, vitamins, minerals and fiber - 6,000 to 10,000 years ago, making this tuber a central part of their ...

Shrinking Andean glaciers threaten water supply of 90 million people, global policy makers warned Shrinking glaciers in the Andes threaten the water supplies of 90 million people Andean glaciers are ...

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND—Live Science reports that researchers from the Face Lab at Liverpool John Moores University have virtually reconstructed the faces of four people whose mummified remains were ...

Humans moved into the Andes about 15,000 years ago and their introduction of regular fire to the landscape created a new ecosystem, research published in Nature Communications finds. A team led by ...

Around 6,000 years ago, people in the Andes developed ingenious ways to thrive in a challenging landscape. Research now reveals 1 that they built a system of communal hunting that lasted well into the ...

"Andean Amazon: people, conservation and development shows, visually and through concrete experiences, the results and achievements of the Initiative for Conservation in the Andean Amazon (ICAA) ...

A selection of potatoes with different colors of flesh is served at a restaurant in Cusco, Peru, July 15, 2025. Indigenous people in the Andes domesticated the potato — a great source of starch, ...