One of my research and consultation specialties is Native American research. I have been doing this for more than twenty years. A fascinating article in the January 2015 National Geographic by Glenn Hodges makes me wish once again that I had taken an array of archeology courses. My oldest son did take some and participated in digs on reservations and has worked with a state archeologist on several cases.
This article is titled “Tracking the First Americans: New finds, theories, and genetic discoveries are revolutionizing our understanding of the first Americans.”
Genetic and other testing of human remains continues to amaze me in what is able to be determined about the earliest people in North America. There has been much study, peer-judged results, and also speculation as to the connection to the Asian continent and why today’s Native Americans look so different from their earlier ancestors. This article has a lot to say about that.
Read the full article here: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/01/first-americans/hodges-text
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