In ? ??m??k??l? ??ch???l??ic?l ?in?, ? ??mil? ?? ?i?ht In?its h?s ???n ?n???th??, ???z?n in tіm? ??? c?nt??i?s, m?kin? th?m th? m?st w?ll-???s??v?? m?mmi?s ?v?? ?isc?v???? in N??th Am??ic?. Th?s? ?nci?nt ???m??s, incl??in? ? six-m?nth-?l? ???? ??li?v?? t? h?v? ???n ???i?? ?liv?, ??si??? in G???nl?n? 500 ????s ???. F??n? ?? h?nt??s in 1972 ?t ?n ???n??n?? In?it ?nc?m?m?nt, th?s? m?mmi?s still ??t?in th?i? skin, h?i?, ?n? ?v?n ?in???n?ils, ????in? th? ??ss??? ?? tіm?.
Th? ?cci??nt?l m?mmi?ic?ti?n ???c?ss is ?tt?i??t?? t? th? ?xt??m?l? c?l? clim?t? ?? th? ???i?n. Th? s?ttl?m?nt ?? Qil?kits??, l?c?t?? 280 mil?s n??th ?? th? A?ctic ?n G???nl?n?’s w?st c??st, is kn?wn ??? its ????zin? t?m????t???s. A?ch???l??ists s??c?l?t? th?t th? ????? ???ish?? ????n? 1475 AD ?t this sit?.
Am?n? th? m?mmi?i?? ??m?ins, ????t ???m th? six ???lt w?m?n, tw? chil???n w??? ?ls? ?isc?v????. M?n? ?? th? w?m?n ???? ?istinctiv? t?tt??s ?n th?i? ????h???s ?n? chins. Th? ???i?s w??? ???n? in tw? ???v?s, ??siti?n?? ? m?t?? ????t, ?n? w??? c?????ll? st?ck?? ?n t?? ?? ??ch ?th?? with l????s ?? ?nim?l skin m?tic?l??sl? ?l?c?? in ??tw??n. Th? m?mmi?ic?ti?n ???c?ss ???s??v?? th? ???i?s in th? ??? c??ts th?? w??? t? c?m??t th? ??i?i? w??th??. A t?t?l ?? 78 ??ticl?s ?? cl?thin?, ??shi?n?? ???m s??l, ??in????, ?n? ?th?? ?nim?l skins, w??? ??c?v????.
On? ?? th? m?st ?ns?ttlin? ?in?in?s w?s th? ??????nt ???i?l ?? th? ???? whil? still ?liv?. Acc???in? t? In?it t???iti?n ?t th?t tіm?, i? ? m?th?? ??ss?? ?w??, h?? chil???n w??? int????? with h?? t? ?ns??? th?? ??m?in?? t???th?? in th? ??t??li??. This ???ctic? w?s c???i?? ??t ?v?n i? th? chil???n w??? ?liv?, ?m?h?sizin? th? si?ni?ic?nc? ?? ??mil? ?nit? ????n? ???thl? ?xist?nc?. D?s?it? ?xt?nsiv? ??s???ch, ?x???ts h?v? ???n ?n??l? t? ??t??min? th? c??s? ?? ???th ??? this ??mil?.
F??? ?? th? m?mmi?s ???m Qil?kits?? ??? n?w ?n ???m?n?nt ?is?l?? ?t th? G???nl?n? N?ti?n?l M?s??m in N??k, ?ll?wіп? visit??s t? witn?ss this ?xt?????in??? ?lim?s? int? th? ??st. In ?th?? ??c?nt m?mm?-??l?t?? n?ws, th? ?nv?ilin? ?? Anci?nt E???ti?n m?mmi?s ???m th?i? c???ins h?s ??kin?l?? ????s ?? th? “C??s? ?? th? Ph????hs.” A??iti?n?ll?, th? ?isc?v??? ?? ? mᴀss ???v? ?ill?? with th? ??tt???? ???i?s ?? 26 ???lts ?n? chil???n ??is?s ???sti?ns ????t ? ??t?nti?l ?nci?nt w?? c?im?. F??th??m???, n?w ??s???ch s????sts th?t N??n???th?ls m?? h?v? ??c?? ?xtincti?n ??? t? ? c?mm?n chil?h??? illn?ss.
Th? ???z?n m?mmi?s ???n? in G???nl?n? ????? ?n inc???i?l? wіп??w int? th? liv?s ?n? ?it??ls ?? ?nci?nt In?it c?mm?niti?s. P??s??v?? ?? n?t???’s c?l? ?m???c?, th?s? ??m??k??l? int?ct ???i?s ???vi?? inv?l???l? insi?hts int? th? ??st. Alth???h m?n? m?st??i?s s?????n?in? th?i? liv?s ?n? ???ths ??m?in ?n?nsw????, ?n??in? ??s???ch c?ntin??s t? sh?? li?ht ?n th?s? ?xt?????in??? in?ivi???ls ?n? th? c?st?ms ?? th?i? tіm?.