Ancient babies boost Bering land bridge layover: DNA links many Native Americans to infants in Alaskan grave

Monday, October 26, 2015 - 14:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

University of Utah scientists deciphered maternal genetic material from two babies buried together at an Alaskan campsite 11,500 years ago. They found the infants had different mothers and were the northernmost known kin to two lineages of Native Americans found farther south throughout North and South America.

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