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NSF-supported researchers John Arthur, Kathryn Arthur and Matthew Curtis excavated the Mota site.
(left-to-right) NSF-supported researchers John Arthur and Kathryn Arthur of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg and Matthew Curtis of Ventura College and UCLA Extension found an ancient skeleton and stone-flake tools at the Mota cave. Geneticists' analysis of the skeleton resulted in the first ancient human genome sequence from Africa.
Credit: Kathryn and John Arthur
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