The 13,000-Year-Old Child Found In Montana – And What His DNA Revealed About The First Americans
His genome is in a database that researchers around the world can access.
And he is, in the deepest sense that any of this can mean anything, home.
The Hillside In The Morning
Western Montana in the morning, in late spring, is a specific kind of place.
The light comes in low from the east over the Absaroka Range, cold and sharp, turning the dew on the grass silver and making the mountain peaks visible at distances that seem impossible in the midday haze.
The sage and the juniper smell differently in the morning cold.