Genomes from ancient Maya people reveal collapse of population and civilization 1,200 years ago

Remains of Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old unearthed in Guatemala

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site, the Central American country's culture ministry said Thursday.

Ancient DNA reveals how Mayan civilisation collapsed

Maya civilisation population decreased vastly during late Classic period

Genomes from ancient Maya people reveal collapse of population and civilization 1,200 years ago

Ancient DNA from people buried up to 1,600 years ago in Honduras have revealed clues to the rise and fall of the Maya.

Vestigios of a Mayan city more than 2,800 years ago were discovered within an archaeological zone in the north of Guatemala, near Mexico, reported this Thursday the Ministry of Culture of the Central American country.The Mayan civilization expanded into territories that currently occupy the south of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras, and its existence goes back to at least 2,000 BC, had its splendor in the Classic period, betwe…

An international team of researchers followed the genomes of seven individuals who lived in the ancient Mayan city of Copán, in present-day Honduras, during the Classic period (250-950 A.D.). The study, published in Current Biology magazine, reveals the demographic decline that coincided with the collapse of the Mayan civilization 1200 years ago. Copán [...]

Human remains discovered in Honduras have revealed previously unknown details about the collapse of the Maya civilization. Researchers have found the skeletons of seven individuals at the site of an ancient Maya city called Copán, who were buried during the Classic Period of the Maya civilization, between 250 and 950 AD. As their newly published study shows, experts have managed to sequence the genomes of the deceased found here, which has led t…