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North America’s oldest mummy returned to US tribe after genome sequencing

DNA proves Native American roots of 10,600-year-old skeleton.

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Callaway, E. North America’s oldest mummy returned to US tribe after genome sequencing. Nature 540, 178–179 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/540178a

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