Tiwanaku Gate of the Sun (IMAGE)

Harvard Medical School

Tiwanaku Gate of the Sun

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An international research team has conducted the first in-depth, wide-scale study of the genomic history of ancient civilizations in the central Andes mountains and coast before European contact. The analysis included representatives of iconic civilizations in the Andes from whom no genome-wide data had been reported before, including the Moche, Nasca, Wari, Tiwanaku and Inca. Shown here is a detail from the Tiwanaku Gate of the Sun.

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Miguel Angel López

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