11,500-year-old grave of fetus and infant discovered in Alaska

Four years ago, a group of archeologists discovered the remains of a cremated 3-year-old near central Alaska’s Upward Sun River. The child’s body had been burned after its death in a cooking pit located in the family’s tent-pole house about 11,500 years ago, researchers said. In the hours following the burning, the family covered the pit with dirt and moved on, leaving the burial site and their home behind. ...

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