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The oldest genetic link between Asians and Native Americans was found in Siberia

DNA from a 14,000-year-old tooth sheds new light on the first Americans’ ancestry

Siberia’s Selenga River

Siberia’s Selenga River runs through an area near where researchers found a roughly 14,000-year-old human tooth that revealed a DNA link between people who lived in Siberia long ago and initial American settlers.

G. Pavlenok

By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

DNA gleaned from a roughly 14,000-year-old fragment of a human tooth suggests that people inhabiting a surprisingly large swath of Asia were the ancestors of the first Americans.