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Sunday, July 23 2023
Fuente: SciDev Capturar peces con flechas no es fácil. Ya lo sabían los indígenas de la Amazonia hace cientos de años, y por eso buscaron facilitar la tarea: envenenaban a los peces con una sustancia...
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Tuesday, June 20 2023
Fuente: BBC Un grupo de arqueólogos en Perú ha encontrado una momia que se cree que tiene alrededor de 3.000 años, mientras escavaban en un basurero en la capital del país, Lima. Los estudiantes de...
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Saturday, June 17 2023
Estrés por calor ocupacional, un peligro que recorre Centroamérica Fuente: SciDev [BOGOTÁ] En la década de 1990 surgieron reportes y noticias sobre una enfermedad renal crónica desconocida que estaba...
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Libros
Thursday, February 20 2020
by David CarballoMexico of five centuries ago was witness to one of the most momentous encounters between human societies, when a group of Spaniards led by Hernando Cortés joined forces with tens of...
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Monday, December 16 2019
by David M. Carballo (Editor), Kenneth G. Hirth (Editor), Barbara Arroyo (Editor)Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection (2020)Teotihuacan was a city of major importance in the Americas between...
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Tuesday, October 1 2019
Source: Science MagazineArchaeologists and architects alike have long wondered why 15th century Incans built the grand citadel of Machu Picchu where they did, high in the remote Andes atop a narrow...
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Genética
Tuesday, November 13 2018
Source: Science MagazineScarce oxygen, cold temperatures, and intense ultraviolet radiation make the Andes a tough place to live. How did humans adapt to such heights? A new study of ancient and...
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Monday, July 2 2018
Source: Science MagazineYour Hershey bar may have been worth its weight in gold in Mayan times. A new study reveals that chocolate became its own form of money at the height of Mayan opulence—and that...
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Monday, June 18 2018
Source: Science MagazineCranial surgery without modern anesthesia and antibiotics may sound like a death sentence. But trepanation—the act of drilling, cutting, or scraping a hole in the skull for...
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Monday, April 2 2018
Fuente: SciDev [LA PAZ] La combinación de ciencia y habilidades ancestrales en Bolivia está permitiendo elaborar dispositivos únicos y apropiados para rehabilitar a niños que nacen con defectos...
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Tuesday, March 20 2018
Source: Science MagazineIf you were top dog in Mayan Latin America, you might be an honored guest at the king’s feast. But if not, you’d likely end up as the main course of someone else’s. That’s the...
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Friday, February 2 2018
Source: GizmodoThere’s a 2,000-year-old archaeological mystery preserved in Southern Peru: enormous images carved into the desert by unknown ancient artists. The beautiful Nazca Lines depict birds,...
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Friday, July 7 2017
Source: MercoPressThe face of the Lady of Cao, considered to be a queen who ruled northern Peru 1,700 years ago, was revealed on Tuesday thanks to 3D technology developed by private companies, as was...
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Libros
Monday, April 17 2017
The learned ones : Nahua intellectuals in postconquest MexicoAuthor: Kelly S McDonoughPublisher: Tucson, Arizona : The University of Arizona Press, 2016....
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