Forensic Science Used to Determine Who's Who in Pre-Columbian Peru (IMAGE)

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Forensic Science Used to Determine Who's Who in Pre-Columbian Peru

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The community of pre-Columbian llama and alpaca herders at the Tompullo site in Peru was (genetically) an extended patriarchal society, living in ayllu-based communities, who used chullpas as family graves.

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Mateusz Baca

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