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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bird droppings on a car. When it comes to the success of ancient civilizations, the first things that come to mind are typically ...

A specific type of seabird poo helped build one of the most successful ancient societies in Peru, scientists have found. The ...

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The use of seabird poop as a fertilizer for corn and other food crops supported the expansion of pre-Inca civilizations ...

To the local people feeding the growing flock every day, they are ‘perfect’ creatures with beautiful plumage. To others, they are creating a Hitchcockian nightmare – defecating, stealing and spreading ...

Ancient Peruvians used bird guano to fertilize maize and build a major civilization in the Chincha Valley in Peru.

Thirteen miles off the coast of Peru lies a trio of islands with mountainous piles of guano, nicknamed “white gold.” This seabird poop mixed with other waste is such a powerful nitrogen deposit that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lead image: This bone balance beam scale demonstrates detailed carvings of birds. Credit: Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago ...

Ceremonial digging stick or paddle from coastal Peru showing seabirds and possible maize sprouting from abstracted fish and stepped-terrace motifs, The Met Museum 1979.206.1025. New archaeological ...