The burial provides a human dimension to the archaeological evidence that the other site types cannot supply.

The child’s genome adds a further dimension that no amount of artifact analysis could have provided: a direct biological connection to the living people who are the descendants of Clovis culture.

The ancient DNA result transformed the Anzick child from a scientific specimen into an ancestor — into a family member of the Native American peoples who participated in the research and who attended the child’s reburial ceremony.

This transformation is significant not just symbolically but practically.