The 24,000-Year-Old Boy Buried Beneath A Stone Slab With 120 Beads And Mammoth-Ivory Jewelry — And The DNA Test That Revealed A Hidden Source Of Native American Ancestry

These objects were not made today; they existed before the child’s death, part of the community’s material wealth.

Now they are being dedicated to this burial.

The child’s body is arranged.

The decorated clothing is placed.

The grave goods are positioned — 120 objects, placed with care around a small body in cold Siberian earth.

And then the stone is brought.

Flat, heavy, chosen for its size and stability.

Placed over the grave.