How Ancient Andean People Survived Hardships Through Family Ties

How Ancient Andean People Survived Hardships Through Family Ties

View of Machu Picchu. Credit: Zielonamapa.pl / CC-BY-SA-2.0 / Wikimedia Commons Ancient Andean people facing hardships relied on strong family connections and shared movement to endure difficult conditions, according to a study published in Nature. The research shows that kinship networks helped communities respond to environmental instability, food shortages, and disease over long periods. The findings come from Argentina’s Uspallata Valley, a …