Ancient parrot bones are relatively common finds in archaeological sites in the American Southwest. Many have been identified as coming from scarlet macaws, Ara macao, whose geographic distribution today includes tropical rainforests and savannahs in the southern portions of Mexico and throughout Central America — which nowhere are closer than 1,100 km (683.5 miles) away. Based on this evidence, it is argued that these macaws were relocated by a thriving parrot trade and kept as status symbols or for cultural or ceremonial purposes, or bred locally for these purposes by Indigenous Peoples (ref).
What were the beauty standards in ancient Rome?
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