Chinchorro People Made the First Mummies

Here's a super interesting radio program from NPR's "The World" on the first mummies from the Chinchorro people of Chile/Peru. These mummies are 2,000 years older than the Eyptian mummies and the reasons for the end of this practice are related to climate change.

Link to full story:

http://www.theworld.org/2012/08/chinchorro-mummies/