Archaeological research in the Lagoa Santa region continues, and the ongoing work is producing new findings that continue to add to the picture of early human life in the region.

Recent excavations have extended the known dates of occupation at some sites, found new evidence of the specific subsistence practices of the ancient inhabitants, and added new skeletal material to the existing collection.

The integration of new excavation data with the expanding database of ancient genomes is gradually producing a more complete picture of the population that occupied Lagoa Santa in the early Holocene — who they were, where they came from, and what their specific relationship to subsequent populations in the region was.

The application of stable isotope analysis to the Lagoa Santa skeletal material has provided information about diet and mobility that complements the genetic evidence.