A Karok Medicine Woman.

For many years, anthropologists believed that Native Americans were from Siberia. New evidence suggests that people from other Asian groups also came to America, perhaps at different times. Scientists who study the shape and size of a skeleton are known as osteologists. Osteologists study human remains to learn about health, disease, and ancestry. Based on a recent study of Asian and Native American skeletons, osteologists believe that Native American ancestry includes more than one Asian group.

Archaeologists have not found skeletal remains of Paleoindian people in Illinois. At present, we do not know much about the appearance of these people, how tall they were, how long they lived, or anything about their overall health.