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Upward Sun River site, the Glossary

The Upward Sun River site, or Xaasaa Na’, is a Late Pleistocene archaeological site associated with the Paleo-Arctic tradition, located in the Tanana River Valley, Alaska.^[1]

43 relations: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ancient Beringian, Anzick-1, Before Present, Beringia, Brooks Falls, Chum salmon, Coverage (genetics), Cremation, Denisovan, East Asian people, Ectodysplasin A receptor, FADS2, Fish migration, Gene flow, Hand axe, Haplogroup B (mtDNA), Haplogroup C (mtDNA), Indigenous peoples of Siberia, Kamchatka Peninsula, Kennewick Man, Kluane National Park and Reserve, Late Pleistocene, Lower Tanana language, Lucy Islands, Mal'ta–Buret' culture, National Geographic, Nature (journal), Ochre, On Your Knees Cave, Paleo-Arctic tradition, Petrous part of the temporal bone, Phenotype, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Sampling error, Science (journal), Selective sweep, Seward Peninsula, Smithsonian (magazine), Tanana Valley, Trail Creek Caves, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Utah.
Archaeological sites in Alaska
Oldest human remains in the Americas
Tanana Athabaskans

American Association for the Advancement of Science

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an American international non-profit organization with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the betterment of all humanity.

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Ancient Beringian

The Ancient Beringian (AB) is a human archaeogenetic lineage, based on the genome of an infant found at the Upward Sun River site (dubbed USR1), dated to 11,500 years ago. Upward Sun River site and Ancient Beringian are Oldest human remains in the Americas and prehistory of the Arctic.

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Anzick-1

Anzick-1 was a young (1–2 years old) Paleoindian child whose remains were found in south central Montana, United States, in 1968. Upward Sun River site and Anzick-1 are Oldest human remains in the Americas.

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Before Present

Before Present (BP) or "years before present (YBP)" is a time scale used mainly in archaeology, geology, and other scientific disciplines to specify when events occurred relative to the origin of practical radiocarbon dating in the 1950s.

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Beringia

Beringia is defined today as the land and maritime area bounded on the west by the Lena River in Russia; on the east by the Mackenzie River in Canada; on the north by 72° north latitude in the Chukchi Sea; and on the south by the tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Upward Sun River site and Beringia are prehistory of the Arctic.

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Brooks Falls

Brooks Falls is a waterfall located within Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Upward Sun River site and Brooks Falls are Oldest human remains in the Americas.

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Chum salmon

The chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), also known as dog salmon or keta salmon, is a species of anadromous salmonid fish from the genus Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon) native to the coastal rivers of the North Pacific and the Beringian Arctic, and is often marketed under the trade name silverbrite salmon in North America.

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Coverage (genetics)

In genetics, coverage is one of several measures of the depth or completeness of DNA sequencing, and is more specifically expressed in any of the following terms.

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Cremation

Cremation is a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning.

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Denisovan

The Denisovans or Denisova hominins) are an extinct species or subspecies of archaic human that ranged across Asia during the Lower and Middle Paleolithic, and lived, based on current evidence, from 285 to 25 thousand years ago.

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East Asian people

East Asian people (also East Asians or Northeast Asians) are the people from East Asia, which consists of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.

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Ectodysplasin A receptor

Ectodysplasin A receptor (EDAR) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EDAR gene.

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FADS2

Fatty acid desaturase 2 (FADS2) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FADS2 gene.

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Fish migration

Fish migration is mass relocation by fish from one area or body of water to another.

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Gene flow

In population genetics, gene flow (also known as migration and allele flow) is the transfer of genetic material from one population to another.

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Hand axe

A hand axe (or handaxe or Acheulean hand axe) is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history.

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Haplogroup B (mtDNA)

In human mitochondrial genetics, haplogroup B is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.

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Haplogroup C (mtDNA)

In human mitochondrial genetics, Haplogroup C is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.

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Indigenous peoples of Siberia

Siberia is a vast region spanning the northern part of the Asian continent and forming the Asiatic portion of Russia.

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Kamchatka Peninsula

The Kamchatka Peninsula (poluostrov Kamchatka) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about.

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Kennewick Man

Kennewick Man or Ancient One was an ancient Indigenous American man who lived during the early Holocene, whose skeletal remains were found washed out on a bank of the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington, on July 28, 1996. Upward Sun River site and Kennewick Man are Oldest human remains in the Americas.

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Kluane National Park and Reserve

Kluane National Park and Reserve (Parc national et réserve de parc national de Kluane) are two protected areas in the southwest corner of the territory of Yukon.

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Late Pleistocene

The Late Pleistocene is an unofficial age in the international geologic timescale in chronostratigraphy, also known as the Upper Pleistocene from a stratigraphic perspective.

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Lower Tanana language

Lower Tanana (also Tanana and/or Middle Tanana) is an endangered language spoken in Interior Alaska in the lower Tanana River villages of Minto and Nenana. Upward Sun River site and lower Tanana language are Tanana Athabaskans.

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Lucy Islands

The Lucy Islands (known as Lax Spinna, meaning "on shoulders", in Tsimshian) are a small archipelago off the North Coast of the province of British Columbia in Canada. Upward Sun River site and Lucy Islands are Oldest human remains in the Americas.

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Mal'ta–Buret' culture

The Mal'ta–Buret' culture (also Maltinsko-buretskaya culture) is an archaeological culture of the Upper Paleolithic (generally dated to 24,000-23,000 BP but also sometimes to 15,000 BP).

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National Geographic

National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners.

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Nature (journal)

Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.

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Ochre

Ochre, iron ochre, or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand.

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On Your Knees Cave

On Your Knees Cave (49-PET-408) is an archaeological site located in southeastern Alaska (Prince of Wales Island). Upward Sun River site and on Your Knees Cave are archaeological sites in Alaska and Oldest human remains in the Americas.

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Paleo-Arctic tradition

The Paleo-Arctic Tradition is the name given by archaeologists to the cultural tradition of the earliest well-documented human occupants of the North American Arctic, which date from the period 8000–5000 BC. Upward Sun River site and Paleo-Arctic tradition are prehistory of the Arctic.

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Petrous part of the temporal bone

The petrous part of the temporal bone is pyramid-shaped and is wedged in at the base of the skull between the sphenoid and occipital bones.

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Phenotype

In genetics, the phenotype is the set of observable characteristics or traits of an organism.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (often abbreviated PNAS or PNAS USA) is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal.

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Sampling error

In statistics, sampling errors are incurred when the statistical characteristics of a population are estimated from a subset, or sample, of that population.

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Science (journal)

Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.

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Selective sweep

In genetics, a selective sweep is the process through which a new beneficial mutation that increases its frequency and becomes fixed (i.e., reaches a frequency of 1) in the population leads to the reduction or elimination of genetic variation among nucleotide sequences that are near the mutation.

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Seward Peninsula

The Seward Peninsula is a large peninsula on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska whose westernmost point is Cape Prince of Wales.

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Smithsonian (magazine)

Smithsonian is a science and nature magazine (and associated website, SmithsonianMag.com), and is the official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., although editorially independent from its parent organization.

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Tanana Valley

The Tanana Valley is a lowland region in central Alaska in the United States, on the north side of the Alaska Range, where the Tanana River emerges from the mountains. Upward Sun River site and Tanana Valley are Tanana Athabaskans.

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Trail Creek Caves

The Trail Creek Caves are a group of twelve caves found within the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve on the Seward Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska. Upward Sun River site and Trail Creek Caves are archaeological sites in Alaska and Oldest human remains in the Americas.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF or Alaska) is a public land-, sea-, and space-grant research university in College, Alaska, a suburb of Fairbanks.

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University of Utah

The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upward_Sun_River_site

Also known as Sunrise girl-child, Upward Sun River.

Upward Sun River site, the Glossary

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See also

Archaeological sites in Alaska

Oldest human remains in the Americas

Tanana Athabaskans

References