WASHINGTON — Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America's Yucatan peninsula.

Using drones and Google Earth imagery, archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old network of earthen canals in what's now Belize. The findings were published Friday in Science Advances.

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