Tag: Peru
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Mummies’ Ancient Tattoos Come Under Laser Focus
The New York Times has an article about ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru. Using a tool, laser-stimulated fluorescence, or L.S.F., usually used to study soft tissue in dinosaur fossils, scientists in Hong Kong have discovered intricate tattoos on mummified remains from the coast of Peru. The culture, referred to as the Chancay, left behind…
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NYT: Ancient Remains in Peru Reveal Young, Female Big-Game Hunter
The New York Times Trilobites column has a story about an ancient big game hunter… a female big game hunter. The 9,000 year old female skeleton was discovered with what archaeologists describe as a “big-game hunting kit” in the Andes highlands of Peru. This discovery is challenging the beliefs that in hunter-gatherer societies – males…
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Battle-scarred fossils suggest giant turtles fought each other—and crocodiles three times their size
Science Magazine has a story about the discovery of some giant turtle fossils in Columbia and Venezuela. The turtles, called Stupendemys geographicus, lived about 12 million years ago. Males weighed about 1100 kilograms. These new fossils show they bore unusual large horns off the front of their shells, which they probably used to battle with…
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Ancient teeth may help solve a monkey mystery
According to a recent story published in the journal Nature, monkeys have lived in South America for 36 million years. The team of researchers, from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, discovered four molars in Eastern Peru. These molars have been dated to 36 million years ago, which is 10 million years older…
