Russian archaeologists continue to excavate sites across the region.

Climate change, which is causing widespread permafrost thaw, is both a threat — exposing materials to decomposition before they can be recovered — and an opportunity: new sites are being exposed by erosion that were not accessible before.

The pace of ancient DNA sequencing continues to accelerate as costs fall and methods improve.

The story of the Ancient North Siberians is not finished.

It has begun.