Remains of two baby girls who lived during last ice age reveal a lost ancestor in the Americas
The two infants, likely cousins, were ceremonially buried by a previously unknown population of ancient humans around 11,500 years ago
Joseph Brean Joseph Brean
The discovery of two infants, ceremonially buried by a previously unknown population of ancient humans in Alaska around 11,500 years ago, offers stunning new clarity to the story of how humans came to inhabit the Americas, according to a new scientific paper.
By confirming the theory that Indigenous Americans are descended from Asians, the find also threatens to inflame a cultural controversy that has long troubled the study of human origins in the New World.
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