Studying hair of ancient Peruvians answers questions about stress

Saturday, December 12, 2009 - 08:28 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A first-of-its-kind archaeological study has detected the stress hormone cortisol in the hair of ancient Peruvians, who lived between 550 and 1532 A.D.

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