Paleogenomics suggest domesticated camelid herding and wild camelid hunting in early pastoralist societies in the Atacama Desert
Conor O’Hare, Paloma F. Díaz-Maroto, Isabel Cartajena, Michael V. Westbury
This study uses paleogenomic data to show that early pastoralist societies in the Atacama Desert used both domesticated and wild camelids, with evidence suggesting hunting rather than herding.
Nature Communications · Dec 16, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology