The 12,000-Year-Old Girl Found Deep Inside A Flooded Cave — And The DNA Discovery That Changed The Story Of The First Americans
They found a window into the middle of one.
The story began before Naia, in the migration from Beringia and in the first human footsteps on the soil of the Americas.
It continued through her short life and her death in the cave.
It continued through the flooding that sealed her underground.
It continued through the development of the Archaic cultures of Mesoamerica, through the agricultural revolution, through the rise of complex societies, through the Classic Maya period, through the Spanish conquest, through the colonial era, through the struggles for Indigenous rights and recognition that continue today.
The story is still being told.
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