Archaeologists unravel the mystery of where the Ancestral Puebloans went.
‘Vanished’ people may live on in the U.S. Southwest
By Michael PriceAug. 8, 2017 , 3:17 PM
In the late 1200s, the Ancestral Puebloan people of what is today the Four Corners Region of the U.S. Southwest suddenly vanished. For centuries, the culture—also known as the Anasazi—had grown maize and built elaborate villages and sandstone castles. Then, it was gone. Now, using DNA extracted from ancient turkeys, researchers say they have new insights into where these mysterious people went, though some experts are skeptical of the findings.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/vanished-people-may-live-american-southwest
