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The Spirit Cave mummy is the oldest human mummy found in North America. [1] [2] [3] It was discovered in 1940 in Spirit Cave, [4] 13 miles (21 km) east [5] of Fallon, Nevada, United States, by the husband-and-wife archaeological team of Sydney and Georgia Wheeler.
Arlington Springs Man [nb 1] was an ancient Paleoindian, [1] most likely a man, [2] whose remains were found in 1959 on Santa Rosa Island, one of the Channel Islands located off the coast of Southern California.
The cranium was fully intact including all of its teeth from the time of death. [10] All major bones were found except the sternum and a few in the hands and feet. [11] After further study, Chatters concluded it was "a male of late middle age (40–55 years), and tall (170 to 176 cm, 5′7″ to 5′9″), and was fairly muscular with a slender build". [10]
Fossilized footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans were walking across North America around 23,000 years ago, researchers reported Thursday. The first footprints were found ...
The oldest human skeletal remains are the 40ky old Lake Mungo remains in New South Wales, but human ornaments discovered at Devil's Lair in Western Australia have been dated to 48 kya and artifacts at Madjedbebe in Northern Territory are dated to at least 50 kya, and to 62.1 ± 2.9 ka in one 2017 study. [26] [27] [28] [29]
[16] [17] Meadowcroft Rockshelter may be one of the oldest known sites of human habitation in North America, providing a unique glimpse into the lives of prehistoric hunters and gatherers. Paleoindian, Archaic, and Woodland remains have all been found at the site.
Human remains at the site are the oldest that have been found in Washington, and at the time were the oldest set of remains found in North America. [21] Later radiocarbon work has confirmed the original dating of this site, indicating that these human remains, albeit very fragmentary, are still some of the oldest ever excavated in the New World ...
After nearly 50 years, human remains found scattered along a creek in South Carolina have been positively identified as a woman murdered by Samuel Little, believed to be America’s most prolific ...