DNA Evidence: Clovis People Ancestors to All Native Americans

Native Americans have long considered their oral tradition central to their cultural identity. They count among their ancestors the Clovis people, named for the stone tools discovered near Clovis, New Mexico, in the early 1930s and found in some 1,500 other sites across North America.  The first mapping of the Clovis genome provides evidence that ties these ancient people to contemporary American Indians.   Sarah Anzick grew up on a farm along Flathead Creek in the western state...

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