Two 31,000-year-old milk teeth have led to the discovery of an ancient group of people who once lived in northern Siberia — and, along with a 10,000-year-old skull, could offer a better understanding about the ancestors of Native Americans, scientists say
In a study published in the journal Nature, an international team of evolutionary geneticists revealed the existence of a hardy, mobile group of hunters they termed the Ancient North Siberians. This group was not made up of direct ancestors of Native Americans, as the scientists initially anticipated.
While the Ancient North Siberians did not prove to be directly related to the ancestors of Native Americans, a 10,000-year-old skull, found near the Kolyma River in Siberia, offered a closer link. DNA from the skull indicated the individual was descended from a group related to the Ancient North Siberians, as well as from East Asians.
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