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The skeleton's age has been estimated by [[radiocarbon dating]] by Silvia Gonzalez of [[Liverpool John Moores University]].<ref name=econo>[http://www.economist.com/node/4174278 "The New World may be far older than it originally seemed."] ''The Economist.'' 14 July 2005. Retrieved 15 April 2012.</ref> Her <sup>14</sup>C date is 10,755±55 years<ref name=g91/> (12,705 cal years) BP. She is one of the oldest human remains found in the [[Americas]].<ref>Legon, Jeordan. [http://articles.cnn.com/2002-12-03/tech/oldest.skull_1_skull-and-other-bones-oldest-skull-ainu-people?_s=PM:TECH "Scientist: Oldest American skull found."] ''CNN'' 3 Dec 2002. Retrieved 15 April 2012.</ref>
The skeleton's age has been estimated by [[radiocarbon dating]] by Silvia Gonzalez of [[Liverpool John Moores University]].<ref name=econo>[http://www.economist.com/node/4174278 "The New World may be far older than it originally seemed."] ''The Economist.'' 14 July 2005. Retrieved 15 April 2012.</ref> Her <sup>14</sup>C date is 10,755±55 years<ref name=g91/> (12,705 cal years) BP. She is one of the oldest human remains found in the [[Americas]].<ref>Legon, Jeordan. [http://articles.cnn.com/2002-12-03/tech/oldest.skull_1_skull-and-other-bones-oldest-skull-ainu-people?_s=PM:TECH "Scientist: Oldest American skull found."] ''CNN'' 3 Dec 2002. Retrieved 15 April 2012.</ref>


Gonzalez theorizes that Peñon woman is related to the historic [[Pericú people]] of [[Baja California]], who also shared similar physical traits.<ref>Rincon, Paul. "Tribe challenges American origins." ''BBC News.'' 7 Sept 2004. Retrieved 15 April 2012.</ref>
Gonzalez theorizes that Peñon woman is related to europeans who also share similar physical traits.<ref>Rincon, Paul. "Tribe challenges American origins." ''BBC News.'' 7 Sept 2004. Retrieved 15 April 2012.</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 08:12, 18 June 2016

Peñon woman or Peñon Woman III is the name for the human remains, specifically a skull, of a Paleo-Indian woman found by an ancient lake bed near Mexico City in 1959.[1]

Peñon Woman III was found on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco.[2]

The skeleton's age has been estimated by radiocarbon dating by Silvia Gonzalez of Liverpool John Moores University.[3] Her 14C date is 10,755±55 years[2] (12,705 cal years) BP. She is one of the oldest human remains found in the Americas.[4]

Gonzalez theorizes that Peñon woman is related to europeans who also share similar physical traits.[5]

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Notes

  1. ^ Connor, Steve (3 December 2002). "Does skull prove that the first Americans came from Europe?". The Independent. London. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  2. ^ a b Grattan and Torrence 91
  3. ^ "The New World may be far older than it originally seemed." The Economist. 14 July 2005. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  4. ^ Legon, Jeordan. "Scientist: Oldest American skull found." CNN 3 Dec 2002. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  5. ^ Rincon, Paul. "Tribe challenges American origins." BBC News. 7 Sept 2004. Retrieved 15 April 2012.

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