Pieces falling into place (Kennewick Man)

Tri-City Herald ^ | February 24th, 2006 | By Anna King, Herald staff writer

[moog]

From what I've read, Yakama refers to the tribe and Yakima to the place.

[brwnsuga]

LOL! I was tempted to bring a human pelvis home to study, but my husband was horrified, so I left that alone. I guess he was afraid of ghosts.

[Designer]

"The hunter survived to his mid-40s. But he had broken his right hand and suffered chronic back pain from arthritis, herniated disks and a fracture in his spine. A blow to the left temple dented and cracked his skull, which had just begun to heal when he died, perhaps from that injury or the advanced abscesses in his upper and lower jaws."

Spirit Cave Man pooka!

[moog]

Thanks.

[Designer]

"Can you imagine the constant pain he had to live with from a spear head lodged in his pelvis?"

K-M "Nyah pooka".

[ZULU]

That's the one.

[moog]

LOL! I was tempted to bring a human pelvis home to study, but my husband was horrified, so I left that alone. I guess he was afraid of ghosts.

I could just imagine kids asking questions: Daddy, are you studying about how he used the bathroom?

[blam]

"We learned that he had actually been buried where he was found and not washed down from some other area."

Yes, you are correct.

Chatters speculated that he may have fallen and drowned in the river and washed about after his death. There will be hell to pay when the scientists propose to remove all the derbis put over the grave site by the Corps Of Engineers.

[FOG724]

Thought you might be interested in their findings so far.

Yes, thanks.

[ZULU]

This guy looks more like a traditional Native American.

Sorry he had such a painful life.

[moog]

There will be hell to pay when the scientists propose to remove all the derbis put over the grave site by the Corps Of Engineers.

Their name will be mud.

[brwnsuga]

Gross. Its just the bones, not the fleshy parts. I wouldn't bring fleshy parts home.

[Semi Civil Servant]

[moog]

You wouldn't have a "ghost" of a chance if you brought home the fleshy parts. My little nephews would probably play with it like a toy.

[Spunky]

On May 18, 2000, two bone samples from the Kennewick collection - a right eighth rib [Catalog 97.I.12d(13)] and a left third metacarpal (MC3) [Catalog 97.L.16(Mca)] - were transferred to the laboratory of D. Andrew Merriwether for ancient DNA analysis. Three people with extensive ancient DNA research experience were involved in the subsequent analysis of these samples: the principal investigator, D. Andrew Merriwether, a doctoral student, Graciela Cabana, and a laboratory technician, John McDonough. Ancient DNA analysis of the Kennewick samples included five separate extractions using four different extraction procedures and multiple DNA amplification attempts using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) on these extractions. We were unable to successfully amplify any ancient mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) using standard methods. We conclude that if any DNA remains in these particular samples, it is inaccessible via current standard methods, but may be accessible and analyzable in the future using novel methods. Because we did not obtain positive results in this analysis, this report consists primarily of a detailed description of the methods used and explanation of the results obtained. We attach as appendices (1) a log of electrophoresis gel images documenting the results of PCRs on these samples (Appendix 1), (2) a photographic log of procedures described in the text of this report (Appendix 2), and electropherograms documenting the contaminating sequences (Appendix 3).

Archeology Program Kennewick Man

Go to this site to get a COMPLETE TIMELINE of what has been done with Kennewick Man.

http://www.cr.nps.gov/archeology/kennewick/>Kennewick Man

[Varda]

"The scientists also have concluded the ancient skull appears different than those of Indian tribes who lived in the area."

So what? The fact that this skull is different looking than current tribes doesn't mean that he's not an ancestor of theirs.

[moog]

He's got Daddy's chin.

[ElkGroveDan]

Hmmmm....when I read your post Mormons popped into my mind!

Don't answer your door and they will go away.

[blam]

"This guy looks more like a traditional Native American."

Skull shape is like Kennewick Man's. Probably related to these red-haired folks:

Who Were The Si-Te-Cah?

[moog]

Thanks for the info. I had read about some done earlier it seems, but who knows?