A strange fossil in South China reveals an intriguing link with the first Americans

[Still Waters]

Remains recovered from a cave in the Chinese province of Yunnan more than 10 years ago have finally given up their secrets, with a DNA analysis revealing not just who left them, but ultimately where their ancestors would go.

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences evaluated nuclear and mitochondrial sequences extracted from a 14,000-year-old skull, discovering the woman it once belonged to – dubbed Mengzi Ren – was closely related to populations who would eventually be the first to set foot in the Americas.

Since their discovery in 2008, the dozens of late Paleolithic human bones left behind in Malu Dong (Red Deer Cave) in China's south-west have left anthropologists scratching their heads over just who they might have belonged to.

https://www.sciencealert.com/dna-from-a-strange-fossil-in-south-china-reveals-ancient-link-with-the-first-americans

This research was published in Current Biology.

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)00928-9

[Abramelin]

Just a trick (?) question:

Could this 14,000 years old woman not be a descendent of Native Americans?

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/359598-new-mexico-mammoths-among-best-evidence-for-early-humans-in-north-america/

[Abramelin]

17 hours ago, Abramelin said:

Just a trick (?) question:

Could this 14,000 years old woman not be a descendent of Native Americans?

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/359598-new-mexico-mammoths-among-best-evidence-for-early-humans-in-north-america/

If what the link in my former post says proves to be true, then Native Americans could as well have migrated west across Beringia, on foot or sailing along the coast. And that between 37,000 and 14,000 bce.