The 31,000-Year-Old Children’s Teeth Found Above The Arctic Circle — And The DNA Test That Revealed A Lost Ice Age Population Connected To Native American Origins
What can be said, on the basis of the current evidence, is that the story of Native American origins is older, more complex, and more geographically distributed than older models supposed.
The Ancient North Siberians, identified through two Ice Age children’s teeth, are part of that complexity.
The Last Discovery — And The First Question
The 2019 Nature paper made headlines around the world, and the coverage that spread across science news sites and social media inevitably simplified the story in various ways.
“DNA from 31,000-year-old milk teeth reveals new ethnic group.” “Lost Ice Age population identified.” “Children’s teeth change Native American history.”
These headlines are not wrong, exactly.
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