Thanks Theoria.
Posted on 01/18/2015 9:27:17 PM PST by Theoria
Nearly two decades after the ancient skeleton called Kennewick Man was discovered on the banks of the Columbia River, the mystery of his origins appears to be nearing resolution.
Genetic analysis is still under way in Denmark, but documents obtained through the federal Freedom of Information Act say preliminary results point to a Native-American heritage.
The researchers performing the DNA analysis “feel that Kennewick has normal, standard Native-American genetics,” according to a 2013 email to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is responsible for the care and management of the bones. “At present there is no indication he has a different origin than North American Native American.”
If that conclusion holds up, it would be a dramatic end to a debate that polarized the field of anthropology and set off a legal battle between scientists who sought to study the 9,500-year-old skeleton and Northwest tribes that sought to rebury it as an honored ancestor.
In response to The Seattle Times’ records request, geochemist Thomas Stafford Jr., who is involved in the DNA analysis, cautioned that the early conclusions could “change to some degree” with more detailed analysis. The results of those studies are expected to be published soon in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Stafford and Danish geneticist Eske Willerslev, who is leading the project at the University of Copenhagen, declined to discuss the work until then.
But other experts said deeper genetic sequencing is unlikely to overturn the basic determination that Kennewick Man’s closest relatives are Native Americans. The result comes as no surprise to scientists who study the genetics of ancient people, said Brian Kemp, a molecular anthropologist at Washington State University.
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No controversy ping...lol...I look forward to the upcoming publications..
So he was a Native American before there were Native Americans?
Let them bury him in Washinton state. It is such a blue state it will never vote GOP state wide again. His vote won’t make a difference one way or the other...
So much for Moroni. Err, Nephi. Or whatever.
Why does this come out right after the Seahawk’s win?
But he turned up in eastern WA where we are very red (conservative). In fact I was in the water, just tens of yards away, the day before he was found.
“So much for Moroni.”
I got a girl named Bony Moronie.
She’s as skinny as a stick of macaroni.
Ought to see her rock and roll with her blue jeans on.
She’s not very fat, just skin and bone.
But I love her and she loves me.
We’re all happy now as we can be.
Making love underneath the apple tree.
Well, I told her mama and her papa too
Just exactly what I want to do.
I want to get married on a night in June,
And rock and roll by the light of the silvery moon.
Cause I love her and she loves me,
We’re all happy now as we can be.
Making love underneath the apple tree.
She’s my one and only, she’s my heart’s desire.
She’s a real upsetter, she’s a real live wire.
Everybody turns when my baby goes by.
She’s something to see, she really catches the eye.
I love her and she loves me,
We’re all happy now, as we can be.
Making love underneath the apple tree.
The whole kennewick thing must be a Very important.....P.C. paradox .....lol
How do they know he wasn't a total dooshbag who got kicked out of his tribe and died humiliated and alone?
Having been born in North America, I am native American...so obviously he is like me, Caucasoid. Or maybe he is like my native American friend, Negroid; or my other friend, Mongoloid.
They’ve brought no clarity at all!
Winner! Exactly right.
First DNA tests say Kennewick Man was an Undocumented Illegal Native American from Mexico.
I’d like to see the chain of custody for THAT sample...
Thanks Theoria.
He could have come across the Bering Strait earlier in his life, in which case he could have a Northwestern tribe type of DNA but he would be a nonnative “Native American.”
I don’t know how old Kennewick man is, but I feel REALLY old - it’s been 20 years since they found him!!??
I was up in SE Alaska awhile ago and reading up on the Tlingit tribe we were in. Most of the tribes are traced back to coming on the land bridge. This tribe was traced to Polynesia iirc(DNA). One old Indian told of their large trading canoes - they traded with tribes as far south as Northern California.
They know this because he has Elizabeth Warren’s cheekbones.
Which could also mean he was a Cherokee princess.
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