On Peru’s arid coast, some ancient elites signaled their power and standing by wearing headdresses festooned with brilliantly colored feathers from birds found in distant rainforests. A new study reveals how they acquired these showy ornaments more than 800 years ago. https://scim.ag/4sJOOZf

Ancient DNA and other clues from feathers found in modern Peru hint that the ancient Ychsma culture imported birds from the distant Amazon go.nature.com/4rWhOge

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