Eva De Naharon: The Discovery Of The Kennewick Man

We have always believed that first people that came to the Americas came acrossed the land bridge. It has now been proven that people may have come across the land bridge, but other people were already in America when this happened. In 2008, Eva de Naharon was the oldest skeleton that researchers had ever found. Her body was found in an underwater cave in the Yucatan peninsula. At the time of Eva’s death she was buried in a cave that was dry back then, but now it is completely underwater. One of the researchers, Gonzales, also described that they found 8 other skeletons buried in the same area as Eva. Eva’s bones have been dated as being 13.5 thousand years old. Researchers believe that this cave that Eva’s bones were found in was a grave place

They are guessing that they followed the coast of land and the kelp highway. This highway of kelp would insure that the people would have plenty of food along their journey. It would make sense to take a boat because it is quicker and easier than walking by foot. We are uncertain about this though because all evidence has been washed away by the rising seas. Thanks to this new technology scientists have also been able to prove ancestry of the Kennewick man. The bones of the Kennewick man dates back to 18 thousand years old. This man’s skeleton is the most complete skeleton researchers have found in North America. Scientist think that this skeleton is too important and should not be given back to the Native American tribe. Scientist’s have taken so much data about his skeleton that it took 9 years to publish it all.

A Native American tribe has thought that he is the oldest ancestor of their tribe. It is a very important thing in their culture to bury someone in a ceremony to leave their body their till the end of time. Researchers believe that this man is not Native American because of different features they noticed in the skull. They ran DNA testing on part of the bone of the Kennewick man to clear the confusion up. When the results came back they found that the Kennewick man is closer related to Native Americans than any other group in the