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Published on 10/31/2024
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The First Discovery: A Three-Year-Old Child

In 2010, Potter and other University of Alaska scholars investigated the Upward Sun River. They found the cremated remains of a three-year-old child. At 11,500 years old, this discovery was extremely rare. Unfortunately, the skeleton was not sufficiently preserved to extract DNA from. Scientists could not even determine the gender.

The First Discovery A Three Year Old Child

The First Discovery A Three Year Old Child

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