Ancient DNA links an East Asian Homo sapiens woman to early Americans
An unusual hominid fossil from southwestern China is finally giving up its secrets
![a 14,000-year-old partial skull of an ancient hominid shown from multiple angles](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/072022_bb_mengzi-ren_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
DNA from this approximately 14,000-year-old partial skull (shown from multiple angles) found in southwestern China pegs the find as a member of a Homo sapiens population with genetic ties to Native Americans.
X. Zhang et al/Current Biology 2022