A bone found in a cave in Alaska and thought to from a bear is actually from a human, casting new light on the genetics of Native American peoples.
A 3,000-year-old bone unearthed from a cave in southeastern Alaska is not from a bear, as originally thought, but from one of our own — a woman. And new research reveals that her genetics are essentially the same as the Native American people who live in the region now.
It was found near shell beads and a bone awl, which indicated that the cave was inhabited by prehistoric humans at some point. But scientists thought the bone was from an animal — perhaps a bear — that had been hunted by Native Americans at that time. "I was very excited," Alber Aqil , a doctoral student of biological sciences at the University at Buffalo who made the discovery, told Live Science."I had just come to the department, and this was my first project."Ancient humanResearch on the fragment revealed it is part of the humerus, or upper arm bone, of a Native American woman who lived about 3,000 years ago.
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