Underwater fossil find ties New World settlers to Native Americans | Science News

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Deep within the waters of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula is a cavern called Hoyo Negro. It holds a collection of bones from ancient saber tooth cats, giant ground sloths, mammoths and even a young girl. The human remains show the genetic range of the continent's ancient Asian colonists. Read more at sciencenews.org: http://ow.ly/wTt69

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