Archaeogenomic evidence from the southwestern US points to a Pre-Hispanic scarlet macaw breeding colony [Anthropology]
(World News Science)

Hundreds of scarlet macaw (Ara macao cyanoptera) skeletons have been recovered from archaeological contexts in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico (SW/NW). The location of these skeletons, >1,000 km outside their Neotropical endemic range, has suggested a far-reaching Pre-Hispanic acquisition network. Clear evidence for scarlet macaw breeding within this... ......