Skeletal Remains Of 24,000-Year-Old Boy Raise New Questions About First Americans

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - 15:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Results from a DNA study of a young boy's skeletal remains believed to be 24,000 years old could turn the archaeological world upside down - it's been proven that nearly 30 percent of modern Native American's ancestry came from this youngster's gene pool, suggesting First Americans came directly from Siberia.

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