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The Olmecs are well-known for their advanced artistic tradition, including colossal head sculptures.

From Reuters • May 27, 2023

Tamales date to pre-Hispanic times when Olmecs, Mexicas and Mayas prepared them for religious rituals, offerings and even placed them in tombs.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2023

The group claims, on its website, to descend from a wide range of peoples, including "the Olmecs, Moabites, Canaanites, Hittites," among others, but mainly a strong relationship of American-Moroccans.

From Fox News • Jul. 3, 2021

Their status as a cure-all dates back over 2,000 years, having spread from the Olmecs, Maya and Aztecs, via the Spanish conquistadors, into Europe from the 16th century.

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2018

At the same time that Mayan civilization was developing, the Olmecs, sometimes called Mexico’s “Mother Culture,” flourished in the Valley of Mexico.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz