The turkey on your Thanksgiving table is older than you think
Bird traces its domestication back thousands of years in North America
Latin America
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How the people of the Andes evolved to live in high altitudes
DNA analysis suggests genes for heart muscle development, starch digestion played a role -
Are wild monkeys becoming a reservoir for Zika virus in the Americas?
More than one-third tested in Brazilian study were positive -
Recovery of famous treasures raises hopes of more finds in Brazilian museum’s ashes
Scientists have rescued the broken skull of Luzia and a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite -
‘We are headed for a very dark period.’ Brazil’s researchers fear election of far-right presidential candidate
Jair Bolsonaro pledges R&D investment but may abandon climate and environmental pledges -
Mexico’s new science minister is a plant biologist who opposes transgenic crops
Critics worry Elena Álvarez-Buylla’s activism will influence funding decisions -
Argentina’s economic crisis could trigger scientific ‘collapse,’ researchers warn
Science ministry is eliminated while budget cuts and inflation hamper labs’ daily operations -
A year after Hurricane Maria, mainland scientists have helped Puerto Rican colleagues recover
Extensive damage led to extensive diaspora -
After outcry, Puerto Rico’s legislature spares statistical agency
Critics of consolidation plan laud preservation of agency’s independence -
Can this environmental engineer—now elected mayor—fix Mexico City?
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo promises to tackle a water crisis and bolster public transit -
The Maya civilization used chocolate as money
Art suggests that cacao beans were a valued currency -
South America’s Inca civilization was better at skull surgery than Civil War doctors
Survival rate was a remarkable 80%, compared with just 50% during the American Civil War -
Chile, keen to become a knowledge society, creates a ministry of science
Scientists say success will depend on budget and leadership -
Colombian scientists race to study once-forbidden territory before it is lost to development—or new conflict
Peace deal with guerrillas opens up research opportunities -
If you listen closely, the drumbeats of Amazonian tribes sound like human speech
Millisecond differences in rhythm may also explain how we hear at cocktail parties -
Latin America’s lost histories revealed in modern DNA
Clues to forgotten migrations of Filipinos, Sephardic Jews emerge
