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Andes

[an-deez] / ˈæn diz /


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Most of the dogs had consumed at least some maize, or corn, which was a major food source throughout the pre-Hispanic Andes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Using state-of-the-art ultra-long DNA sequencing technologies together with newly available comparative datasets, the team found that high AMY1 copy numbers had already become more common in the Andes several thousand years before Europeans arrived.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

They are native to the high alpine areas of the Andes Mountains in South America.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

The outbreak, which infected 13 people and killed three, involved the Andes virus, a rare hantavirus strain.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

The biggest animal in the Andes during Inka times was the llama, which typically weighs three hundred pounds.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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