Beyond that, the genetic record is currently silent.

The Ethics Of The Infant’s Genome

Before the genome of USR1 could be analyzed, and before any publication could proceed, a set of ethical questions had to be addressed — questions that were particularly acute because the remains were those of an infant, recovered from the traditional territory of living Athabascan communities who had an obvious and direct interest in how those remains were treated.

The regulatory framework governing the treatment of ancient Native American remains in Alaska is complex.