Despite sacrificing people after catastrophic El Niño flooding, ancient societies were generally peaceful

To understand how societies might react to climate change, archaeologists look at social responses to extreme climate events in the past—and in some places, that included measures as drastic as human sacrifice. Mass ritual sacrifices along the…
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