A Few Specialists Disputed Potter’s Findings
The biggest objection against this finding is that it is only one finding. Dennis O’Rourke, a geneticist and archaeologist, believes that a single sample is insufficient to analyze the total human population. “We could know something about the extent of diversity in this early Beringian population with greater certainty if we had multiple genomes,” O’Rourke told The Smithsonian Magazine.
A Few Specialists Disputed Potter’s Findings
However, These Findings Are Exceptionally Rare
However, finding more than one sample is easier said than done. “It’s difficult to convey to you how rare they are,” Potter told The Atlantic. According to co-researcher Willerslev, prior to this discovery, scientists could only study this DNA in modern-day Alaskans and Siberians. Without additional samples, no one will know where the Beringians came from.
However, These Findings Are Exceptionally Rare
