Tag: Aconcagua boy

Analysis of his mitochondrial DNA, which is passed from mother to child, showed that the boy's closest living relatives are in Peru and Bolivia. He belonged to a population of native South Americans that almost disappeared after the Spanish conquest.

Inca Child Mummy – Lost Genetic History Of South America

MessageToEagle.com | November 13, 2015

MessageToEagle.com – Scientists have unravelled part of the genetic code of a child who was sacrificed in a ritual ceremony by the Inca civilisation 500 years ago. The boy’s mummified