Numerous indigenous peoples occupied Alaska for thousands of years before the arrival of European peoples to the area. Linguistic and DNA studies done here have provided evidence for the settlement of North America by way of theBering land bridge.[10]At theUpward Sun River sitein theTanana Valleyin Alaska, remains of a six-week-old infant were found. The baby's DNA showed that she belonged to a population that was genetically separate from other native groups present elsewhere in theNew Worldat the end of thePleistocene. Ben Potter, theUniversity of Alaska Fairbanksarchaeologist who unearthed the remains at the Upward Sun River site in 2013, named this new groupAncient Beringians.[11]