Ancient Infant Was Ancestor of Today's Native Americans

 

Michael Balter

 


Researchers sequenced the complete nuclear genome of an infant found on land owned by the Anzick family back in 1968. The so-called Anzick child, represented by a skull and a few other bones, was closely associated with sophisticated tools from the Clovis culture, thought to be the first well-established presence of the earliest Americans. The genome is especially closely related to that of today's native populations from Central and South America, establishing a direct link between ancient Paleoindians and Native Americans.

 

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