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Science 2026-02-11 1 min read

Seabird poop could have been used to fertilize Peru's Chincha Valley by at least 1250 CE, potentially facilitating the expansion of its pre-Inca society

Seabird poop could have been used to fertilize Peru's Chincha Valley by at least 1250 CE, potentially facilitating the expansion of its pre-Inca society

Article URL: https://plos.io/4renTnm

Article title: Seabirds shaped the expansion of pre-Inca society in Peru

Author countries: Australia, U.S.

Funding:  Funding for archaeological fieldwork and isotopic analyses of maize samples was provided to JLB by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (DGE-1144087), the Society of Fellows at Boston University, the Ford Foundation Fellowship Program, the National Geographic Young Explorers Grant Program (9347-13), and the Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid Research Program. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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