Genetic study of prehistoric girl: Dating and DNA show Paleoamerican-Native American connection
Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 13:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Eastern Asia, Western Asia, Japan, Beringia and even Europe have all been suggested origination points for the earliest humans to enter the Americas because of apparent differences in cranial form between today's Native Americans and the earliest known Paleoamerican skeletons. Now an international team of researchers has identified a nearly complete Paleoamerican skeleton with Native American DNA that dates close to the time that people first entered the New World.