According to a Live Science report, archaeologists have discovered the gomphothere, an extinct relative of the elephant, which was discovered along with the weapons used for its hunting. The animal was smaller in size than a mammoth or mastodon, but had four sharp tusks for defense as compensation. The discovery was made on a ranch in northwestern Sonora, Mexico, along with some 13,400-year-old … [Read more...]
Ancient Baby DNA Recommends Tie To Native Americans
The DNA of a baby boy who was buried in Montana (USA) 12,600 years ago has been convalesced from ruins, paving new horizons for exploration of the ancestries of present American Indians and further natives of the Americas. It’s the most primogenital genome was ever retrieved from the New World. Relics found with the remains of the body show the boy belonged to Clovis culture, which dwelled in … [Read more...]