Inca

Scientists have discovered a rare genome in the mummy of an Inca child

(ORDO NEWS) — This boy was a descendant of a rare genetic subclass of maternal ancestors who lived about 14,300 years ago in Peru. The boy was only 7 years old when he died over 500 years ago. He was chosen for his beauty and health to be sacrificed as part of the Inca ritual known as capacocha, in which children were ritually killed to commemorate an important event, avert…