12,000 Year Old Skull May Solve Mystery

Friday, 16 May 2014 | by Pat's Picks

The skull of a 15 year old girl, found in an underwater cave on the Yucatan Peninsula may help determine the origins of the earliest Americans. A paper published in the journal Science says the difference in the way Paleoamericans and more recent Native Americans looked is likely the result of rapid evolution and not migration. The Washington Post says along with the girl, archaeologists also found remains of 26 large mammals, many of which are now extinct.

SOURCE: Washington Post