Oldest human found in Alaska is a child, cremated 11,500 years ago

By Brian Vastag

Washington Post Staff Writer


Some 11,500 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age, a child died near a river in what is now central Alaska. The people living with the child in a tent-pole house - presumably the parents - placed the 3-year-old's body in their home's cooking pit and lit a fire. After two to three hours of burning, the family covered the remains with dirt and left.

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Scientists: Oldest human found in Alaska is a child, cremated 11,500 years ago