DNA From a Mummy Older Than Ötzi Rewrites American History

DNA From a Mummy Older Than Ötzi Rewrites American History

In 1940, deep in the Nevada desert, archaeologists stumbled upon a mysterious bundle buried in the dark of Spirit Cave. What they found inside would remain largely forgotten for decades — America’s oldest natural mummy, predating even Ötzi, Europe’s famed Iceman. At first, it was just another archaeological curiosity, a carefully wrapped body from a long-lost era. But little did anyone know that this discovery would one day force historians and …