Word: caucasoid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first, news reports breathlessly called the find evidence that Europeans had reached the Americas more than 80 centuries earlier than anyone had thought. The truth, say scientists, is that Caucasoid features, while rare, are not unheard of in the remains of prehistoric Americans. They can also be seen in ancient bones from northern Asia. There's no reason, say experts, to conclude this was some sort of Neolithic Christopher Columbus. As one of the oldest and most complete skeletons ever found in the Pacific Northwest, however, it could tell anthropologists an enormous amount about the lives and ethnic background...