Study Shows Ancient Humans Arrived in South America in Multiple Waves
Friday, February 24, 2017 - 12:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The findings published Wednesday (Feb. 22, 2017) in the journal Science Advances suggest that Paleoamericans share a last common ancestor with modern native South Americans outside, rather than inside, the Americas and underscore the importance of looking at both genetic and morphological evidence, each revealing different aspects of the human story, to help unravel our species' history.