The possibility that some skull fragments discovered at a museum in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati were those of famed aviator Amelia Earhart has been disproven following DNA tests. The intriguing bones sparked headlines back in 2019 when it was revealed that they had been found during a much-heralded National Geographic expedition aimed at solving the mystery of the lost pilot. While an underwater search by famed oceanographer Robert Ballard was the centerpiece of the project, the most promising clue to the case wound up coming by way of archaeologist Dr. Fredrik Hiebert and forensic anthropologist Dr. Erin Kimmerle, who spotted the skull fragments sitting on a shelf at the National Museum of Kiribati.
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