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DNA of world’s oldest natural mummy unlocks secrets of Ice Age tribes in the Americas

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A wide ranging international study that genetically analysed the DNA of a series of famous and controversial ancient remains across North and South America has discovered that the Spirit Cave remains — the world’s oldest natural mummy – was a Native American. They were also able to dismiss a longstanding theory that a group called Paleoamericans existed in North America before Native Americans.