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A rock shelter known as Spirit Cave overlooks Nevada’s Lahontan Basin. A burial discovered there held a man whose mummified remains are the oldest known in the world. Genetic testing has established that the man is related to modern-day Northern Paiute people who still live in the area today.
The Lahontan Basin stretches along nearly the entire western edge of Nevada. High desert sagebrush grows in dry valleys, and barren mountain ranges reach into the sky. In the basin’s southernmost re
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