Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Alaska dune yields oldest human remains of far north - 0 views
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MJ Valente on 08 Mar 11The 11,500-year-old bones and teeth are the first remnants of ancient man found in Alaska since 1996, when University of South Dakota researcher Tim Heaton found the bones of a man dated to about 10,500 years ago in a limestone cave on Prince of Wales Island. The skeletal remains of "Kennewick Man," found in southern Washington, have been dated to about 9,300 years ago.