An ancient American teenager's skeleton was recently found in an underwater cave by divers. Scientists named her "Naia", and suspect that she fell to her death in the pit before glaciers melted 10,000 years ago and flooded the area. They are currently trying to analyze Naia's mitochondrial and nuclear DNA found in one of her wisdom teeth to learn more about America's ancient civilizations and where the first North American inhabitants really came from. This discovery should open up a ton of new information about the very ancient history of North American people.
I think it's incredible that the skeleton of someone so old could be preserved underwater like this. It's amazing what scientists can discover about this poor girl who fell to her death 12,000-13,000 years ago. I hope this find helps scientists confirm what they already have theories on, and gives us more information on the people we call "Native Americans".
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/16/world/americas/skeleton-mexico-americans/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
I agree with you, the ability of skeletons to stay preserved for over hundreds of years is amazing. It's also cool that scientists will be able to discover lots of new info on ancient Native American culture.
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty cool!
ReplyDeletewow this is a really cool discovery, i didn't know it could be so well preserved by water
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