The Mal’ta genome gave that residue a face and a location.

Since 2013, the picture has continued to become more complex and more detailed.

Additional ancient genomes from Siberia and adjacent regions have been analyzed, filling in the population history of the region during and after the last glacial period.

Research on the genetics of the founding of the Americas has continued, refining models of how many founding populations there were, what routes they took, and when the major demographic events occurred.

The Mal’ta boy remains a foundational data point in this ongoing research — one of the earliest, clearest, and most historically significant ancient genomes in the entire body of knowledge about the prehistory of Eurasia and the Americas.