older 12,000+ remains Anzick-1 found in Montana, mtDNA haplogroup A2, B2, C1d1 and three of the Lagoa Santa individuals harbor the same Y chromosome haplogroup Q1b1a1a1-M848 as found in the Spirit Cave genome of Nevada. The bust of Luzia displaying Australo-Melanesian features was created in 1999. André Strauss of the Max Planck Institute, one of the authors of the Journal Science article remarked "However, skull shape isn't a reliable marker of ancestrality or geographic origin. Genetics is the best basis for this type of inference," Strauss explained. "The genetic results of the new study show categorically that there was no significant connection between the Lagoa Santa people and groups from Africa or Australia. So the hypothesis that Luzia's people derived from a migratory wave prior to the ancestors of today's Amerindians has been disproved. On the contrary, the DNA shows that Luzia's people were entirely Amerindian." Anthropometry Luzia stood just under five feet (1.5 m) tall; about one-third of her skeleton has been recovered. Her remains seem to indicate that she died when she was approximately 20 years old, either in an accident or as the result of an animal attack. She was a member of a group of hunter-gatherers. See also Collection of fossils in the National Museum of Brazil Genetic history of indigenous peoples of the Americas List of unsolved deaths Settlement of the Americas Human remains Arlington Springs Man Peñon woman Buhl Woman Kennewick Man Kwäday Dän Ts'ìnchi Archeological sites Mummy Cave Paisley Caves Xá:ytem Calico Early Man Site Cueva de las Manos - Cave paintings Fort Rock Cave Marmes Rockshelter References External links 1975 archaeological discoveries 1975 in Brazil Archaeology of Brazil Oldest human remains in the Americas National Museum of Brazil Paleo-Indian archaeological sites in Brazil Peopling of the Americas Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact Upper Paleolithic