South American megafauna, from giant sloths to camel-like creatures, survived thousands of years longer than we thought, ...

These include Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile. South America is the fourth largest continent, with around 423 million people living there. There is a hot and wet climate in the Amazon ...

The people called it coca ... Consumption of coca dates back to the very earliest of ancient South American societies. There is evidence it was consumed in cultures located in modern-day Ecuador ...