The Andean condor is considered threatened but is in far better shape than its California cousin. Reintroduction programs are working to grow populations of these South American birds.

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Figure 1: Map of northern Chile, showing locations of study fields from which mummy bones and blood samples of contemporary Andean people ... 875 of the standard human β-globin DNA (L26462 ...