Patagonian

Archaeologists working at the site of Chorrillo Grande 1, with visible archaeological trenches. Credit: J. Belardi A large international team of archaeologists, geologists, historians, and anthropologists has found that people living in what is now Argentina's Patagonian region had learned to raise, ride, and eat horses as early as 1600. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes their…

An image of the Southern Patagonia Ice Field on February 13, 2014, taken from the International Space Station. Credit: Expedition 38 crew member/ NASA A team of researchers began their journey around frigid Patagonia, moving through water channels to reach the fjords, surrounded by ice and snow. They withstood freezing temperatures throughout their journey, all in the hope of extracting the perfect sediment core: the key to…