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Despite sacrificing people after catastrophic El Niño flooding, ancient societies were generally peaceful
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 9 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Despite sacrificing people after catastrophic El Niño flooding, ancient societies were generally peaceful”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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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 desert coast of northern Peru have been linked to catastrophic flooding caused by…
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