Do you know where the oldest mummies in the world are located? The answer is not Egypt. The Chinchorro people created the first mummies in the world along the coast of what is today northern Chile.

Update (April 2): Genomics Research has released a statement defending its review and publication of the paper. Last week (March 22), researchers reported the sequenced genome of a mummified fetus ...

He has delicate fingers and hugs his knees, one foot over the other, as if to keep warm. His hair is plaited in more than 200 braids, and miniature idols and keepsakes accompany him in his frozen ...

While the ancient Egyptians may be the best-known mummy makers, they were far from the first. A very sophisticated fishing tribe called the Chinchoros, who lived on the north coast of what is now ...

Figure 1: Map of northern Chile, showing locations of study fields from which mummy bones and blood samples of contemporary Andean people were collected (boxed area, right, enlarged at left).