FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Researchers have uncovered the remains of two Ice Age infants in Alaska’s interior, a discovery archaeologists call the youngest human remains of that era found in northern North America.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the remains dating back about 11,500 years offer a new glimpse into ancient burial practices.
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Researchers have explored a large sand dune for nearly a decade at a dig site known as the Upward Sun River southeast of Fairbanks.
In 2010, archaeologists found the partly cremated remains of a 3-year-old child. The remains of the infants were discovered last year about 15 inches below in the same area.
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The newspaper reports that University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Ben Potter details the 2013 discovery in a new report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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