I do not personally think it is a question of better, as much as it is how they differ. It's all about the benefits of understanding diversity.
The Olmec of southern Mexico built Latin Americas first civilization.
the Olmec
Europeans brought civilization to the americas
Peru
no
These people were the Shamans
They are called mother civilization because the invented writing.
Hernando Cortes
The Maya
agriculture
The Norte Chico civilization, flourishing between the 30th and 18th centuries BCE in Peru.
Olmec