[blam]

This is a big win for science.

[blam]

Kennewick Man Speaks

[prion]

In April 1998 the USACE dumped concrete blocks onto the site, supposedly to protect it from erosion, then planted trees.

The most puzzling aspect of this whole episode is the behavior of the Corps of Engineers. How does obliterating the site serve anybody's interest?

[BenLurkin]

"The only material we found was historic trash."

Trash can tell a lot.

[farmfriend]

Gods, Graves, Glyphs
List for articles regarding early civilizations , life of all forms, - dinosaurs - etc.

Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this ping list.

[drhogan]

i think this is great--the japanese discovered america before columbus, the vikings, or the indians.
will the real "native americans" please stand up.

[Publius6961]

But the ruling may actually be a triumph of politics over science, since Kennewick Man could be of limited value to anthropologists. The archaeological site where it was found has been destroyed, taking with it vital contextual information. And, while the skeleton has gathered dust, other potentially more important skeletons have been unearthed.

Nice try, but the opposite is true in my view.
It was ignoramuses who had the site destroyed precisely to use this identical argument eventually.

It is intellectually hilarious to use the "I am an orphan argument after I killed my parents". But that won't prevent the PC crowd and the controlling indian twits from attempting to use it.