May 7 (Reuters) - Indigenous people in the Andes domesticated the potato - a great source of starch, vitamins, minerals and fiber - 6,000 to 10,000 years ago, making this tuber a central part of their ...

Fiber tells the story of its being, each lock carrying the history of its curator, of its origin. Spun into thread, plied into yarn, woven into tapestries, the fiber arts are ancient and ubiquitous.

Before the Spanish came, highland Andean people gathered every autumn to honor the glaciers on Ausangate mountain. Now their ancient snow cover is melting at an unprecedented rate due to climate ...

Don’t Cry for Me, Peru... Central to the music of the Andes presented here is the "Andean" flute. Traditionally made with clay, animal bones, or silver, the contemporary Sikus are constructed from ...

Around 6,000 years ago, people in the Andes developed ingenious ways to thrive in a challenging landscape. Research now reveals 1 that they built a system of communal hunting that lasted well into the ...

Shrinking Andean glaciers threaten water supply of 90 million people, global policy makers warned Shrinking glaciers in the Andes threaten the water supplies of 90 million people Andean glaciers are ...