Future discoveries may not all be so fortuitously managed.

What Made The Research Possible And What It Still Cannot Do

The scientific methods that were applied to Kwäday Dän Ts’ìnchi — radiocarbon dating, isotope analysis, ancient DNA extraction and sequencing, analysis of stomach contents, examination of clothing and tools — represent the state of the art of bioarchaeology and ancient genomics at the time of the main research phases, and most of them have continued to improve since then.

The isotope analysis methods that revealed his diet and potential travel patterns have become more sophisticated.