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Ancient Genome Sequences Settle First Americans Debate

Two discoveries in 2014 settled a contentious debate in archaeology.

By Gemma Tarlach
Nov 26, 2014 6:00 AMNov 12, 2019 6:32 AM
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Arrows show the flow of human migration across the Bering land bridge from Asia. | Gary Hincks/Science Source

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In the Hoyo Negro cave, diver Susan Bird works on the skull of Naia, whose DNA is over 10,000 years old. | Paul Nicklin/National Geographic

A toddler boy and a teenage girl have settled a contentious debate in archaeology more than 12,000 years after their deaths.

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