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Paleogenomic insights into cooperation in the ancient Andes from positive selection on oxytocin pathway genes [PDF]

Genes Brain Behav
The oxytocin system is an important modulator of social behavior that may be involved in the evolution of human cooperation, and expression of the CD38 and OXTR genes in the brain is known to affect oxytocin secretion and binding. The Andean highlands provide an excellent opportunity to evaluate the role of oxytocin in the evolution of cooperation ...
Joseph S, Wagman E, Diab N, Ryu N, Lee M, Haas R, Rilling J, Aldenderfer M, Lindo J.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Ancient DNA Analysis Suggests Negligible Impact of the Wari Empire Expansion in Peru's Central Coast during the Middle Horizon. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
The analysis of ancient human DNA from South America allows the exploration of pre-Columbian population history through time and to directly test hypotheses about cultural and demographic evolution.
Guido Valverde, María Inés Barreto Romero, Isabel Flores Espinoza, Alan Cooper, Lars Fehren-Schmitz, Bastien Llamas, Wolfgang Haak   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Tracing Human Diversity in South America's Southern Cone: Linguistic, Morphometric, and Genetic Perspectives. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
ABSTRACT Objectives Studying the relationship between biological and cultural diversity can lead to rich insights into human history. South America has been relatively neglected in this kind of work, even though it intriguingly exhibits unexpectedly high biological and cultural diversity.
Menéndez LP, Urban M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The genetic history of indigenous populations of the Peruvian and Bolivian Altiplano: the legacy of the Uros. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
The Altiplano region of the South American Andes is marked by an inhospitable climate to which the autochthonous human populations adapted and then developed great ancient civilizations, such as the Tiwanaku culture and the Inca Empire.
José Raul Sandoval, Daniela R Lacerda, Marilza S A Jota, Alberto Salazar-Granara, Pedro Paulo R Vieira, Oscar Acosta, Cinthia Cuellar, Susana Revollo, Ricardo Fujita, Fabrício R Santos, Genographic Project Consortium   +10 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Acerca de la cerámica Tiwanaku y una vasija del valle de Azapa (Arica, Norte Grande de Chile)

Estudios Atacameños, 2004
La intención de este artículo ha sido contribuir a la comprensión de la problemática Tiwanaku en Arica, usando como "excusa" el redescubrimiento de una vasija excepcional, proveniente del sitio funerario Az-71a del valle de Azapa excavado por G. Focacci.
Mauricio Iván Uribe Rodríguez
doaj   +10 more sources

Special issue adaptive tools for resilient bones: Biostatistical approaches to past physical activity in osteoarchaeology

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 381-388, May/June 2023., 2023
Abstract In this introduction to the special issue, Adaptive Tools for Resilient Bones: Biostatistical Approaches to Past Physical Activity in Osteoarchaeology, we discuss the outcome of the workshop held in Leiden (the Netherlands; November 18–19, 2021). We review statistical approaches to entheseal changes and present a series of new contributions to
Sarah A. Schrader, Jared Carballo Pérez
wiley   +1 more source

Migration and maize in the Virú Valley: Understanding life histories through multi‐tissue carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and strontium isotope analyses

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Volume 176, Issue 1, Page 21-35, September 2021., 2021
Abstract Objectives Stable isotope analysis can provide crucial insight into the function and development of early state‐level societies on the north coast of Peru. Materials and Methods Multi‐tissue (bone collagen, tooth enamel, hair, nail, skin, and tendon) stable isotope analyses (carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and strontium) were conducted for 13 ...
Corrie Hyland, Jean‐François Millaire, Paul Szpak   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biocultural evidence of precise manual activities in an Early Holocene individual of the high‐altitude Peruvian Andes

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Volume 174, Issue 1, Page 35-48, January 2021., 2021
In Paleoindian individual 15‐06, a highly projecting muscle attachment site is correlated with high thumb opposition efficiency. Abstract Objectives Cuncaicha, a rockshelter site in the southern Peruvian Andes, has yielded archaeological evidence for human occupation at high elevation (4,480 masl) during the Terminal Pleistocene (12,500–11,200 cal BP),
Fotios Alexandros Karakostis, Hugo Reyes‐Centeno, Michael Franken, Gerhard Hotz, Kurt Rademaker, Katerina Harvati   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Rural to Urban: Archaeological Research in the Periphery of Huari, Ayacucho Valley, Peru

Journal of Anthropology, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
For hundreds upon hundreds of years, humans lived in small settlements where most individuals, if not all, were linked by kinship ties. Many of these villages were occupied for generations and thus their occupants had a strong connection to the place.
Lidio M. Valdez, J. Ernesto Valdez, Benjamin Campbell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Institutionalised Indigeneity, State Formation and Crisis: Lessons From the Indio Institucionalizado in Evo Morales' Bolivia

Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the institutionalisation of indigeneity in Bolivia under the governments of Evo Morales (2006–2019) as a central component of the MAS project of crafting state hegemony. We trace the emergence of what we call the indio institucionalizado from the social mobilisations of the 1990s and 2000s through the Constitutional ...
Aiko Ikemura Amaral, Angus McNelly
wiley   +1 more source