That’s because the bones may, in fact, belong to the famous female aviator Amelia Earhart. According to CNN, the bones were found on Nikumaroro, a remote island in the western Pacific Ocean, in 1940.
But it wasn’t until a 2018 study that people began to suspect they could very well belong to Earhart. The bones’ measurements closely matched those of the missing aviator.
Now, South Florida University forensic anthropologist Dr. Erin Kimmerle will use DNA testing to try to confirm the theory.
