Archaeologists have uncovered further evidence of a pre-colonial “garden city” in Bolivia where ancient Amazon people lived largely reliant on maize agriculture and raising muscovy ducks.

A study published in the journal Nature reveals that the pre-Columbian Casarabe society in the Amazon developed an ... detailed how the Casarabe people constructed extensive drainage canals ...

Fifty million years before humankind began farming, ancient ants were already in the agriculture business. Over time, leafcutter ants have evolved a complex system of agriculture in their nests ...

Ancient Amazonians of the Casarabe culture ... Rather than deforesting the Amazon, the Casarabe people practiced agroforestry, selectively managing useful tree species while preserving the ...