Factors that shaped the massive Cauca River Canyon in the tropical Andes

Climate drove 7,000 years of dietary changes in the Central Andes

Thin glaciers suggest Andes faces 'peak water' sooner than thought

The glue lice use to attach eggs to hair is exceptional at trapping & preserving anything it encases—including high-quality ancient human DNA from the lice’s hosts. Using hair encased in lice glue scientists were able to isolate human DNA from 1,500 to 2,000-year-old mummies in the Andes Mountains