Fish, shellfish, maize, manioc, rice and even chicken eggs. Molecular residues preserved in more than 180 ceramic vessels ...

A University of Colorado at Boulder team has uncovered an ancient and previously unknown Maya agricultural system -- a large manioc field intensively cultivated as a staple crop that was buried and ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Maya village in El Salvador buried by a volcanic eruption 1,400 years ago has discovered an ancient field of manioc, the first evidence for cultivation of the ...

A new genomic study reveals how Indigenous traditional farming practices have shaped the evolution of manioc – one of the world’s most important staple crops – for the better. The domestication of ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — With its starched white tablecloths and stately crystal chandeliers, Rio de Janeiro’s upscale O Navegador restaurant doesn’t look like the birthplace of a revolution.

Rio De Janeiro-- With its starched white tablecloths and stately crystal chandeliers, Rio de Janeiro's upscale O Navegador restaurant doesn't look like the birthplace of a revolution. But it's here ...

Corn was the royalty of Maya food crops, celebrated in religion and cosmology, but archaeologists have long suspected that a different crop, the lowly manioc plant, was the mainstay of Maya life, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – With its starched white tablecloths and stately crystal chandeliers, Rio de Janeiro’s upscale O Navegador restaurant doesn’t look like the birthplace of a revolution. But it’s here ...

Archeologists have uncovered an ancient and previously unknown Maya agricultural system -- a large manioc field intensively cultivated as a staple crop that was buried and exquisitely preserved under ...