Between 750 and 900 CE, the population of the Maya lowlands in Central America experienced a major demographic and political decline which, according to the scientific literature, coincided with ...

A groundbreaking new study led by Tulane University found that the population of the Maya civilization was higher than previously understood, revealing that the Maya did not have fragmented ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For a clue to the possible impact of climate change on modern society, a study suggests a look back at the end of classic Maya civilization, which disintegrated into famine, war ...

A long-standing mystery surrounding the Mayan civilization's collapse has been solved. Scientists now believe a self-inflicted environmental disaster, driven by extensive deforestation for agriculture ...

For a clue to the possible impact of climate change on modern society, a study suggests a look back at the end of classic Maya civilization, which disintegrated into famine, war and collapse as a long ...

The Caana pyramids in Caracol, Belize are pictured in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters November 8, 2012. An international team of researchers compiled a detailed climate record that ...