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Maize In Bone

In a new study, a skeleton found at a roughly 1,000-year-old site in Peru's Andes mountains yielded chemical evidence of substantial maize consumption. Inhabitants of the highland city artificially modified the specimen's skull, shown here. Credit: B. Finucane

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  • How did the inhabitants of the highland city artificially modify this specimens skull?
    Thomas Byrnes Thomas Byrnes
    Sep. 30, 2009 at 10:47am
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