First Face Of America Sparknotes

After watching the First Face of America Documentary, I learned that it was the discovery of a skeleton named Naia in a cave underwater in Mexico. The skeleton is over 12,000 years old. Scientists studied Naia's bones to learn about the first people who came to the Americas. The film shows how researchers found Naia and what they learned from her bones. It helps us understand how ancient humans migrated into the Americas. Also from the film "First Face of America" it shows how scientists studied Naia's bones to learn more about her. They used different scientific tools like looking at her bones closely, testing her DNA, and analyzing chemicals in her bones. These methods helped them figure out where she came from, how she lived, and what her …show more content…
Now that I have explained what I took away from the film, I will talk about what I felt while I was watching the film. At first I felt special in a way because Naia was found in a cenote in the State of Yucatan in Mexico, which is a state I've traveled to and even swam in cenotes there. So when they showed the skeleton in the film I thought it was beautiful but also frightening because I could have swam in a cenote where there could've been an unexplored section of it that could have held some fossils of humans which is very highly unlikely but it was still a thought that ran through my head. Also hearing about all the other animal fossils like the giant sloth and mammoth was shocking but cool because I would have never imagined animals like those being found in cenotes. Finally there was also the two infants that were discussed at the end of the film which was pretty interesting since those babies were the ancestors of all native americans which sounds insane but is still awesome. In conclusion, "First Face of America" gives us an exciting peek into the ancient history of the Americas by telling us about Naia, a 12,000-year-old skeleton found in an underwater cave in