Some Kennewick Man Mysteries May Last To EternityA group of scientists prevailed in court against Northwest Indian tribes. The tribes had sued to rebury the bones... Kennewick Man lived roughly 9000 years ago. He died in middle age of unknown causes. He was around five feet-nine inches tall. And we can infer that he had friends or family. Someone had to have helped him recover from a serious spear wound. University of Michigan anthropologist C. Loring Brace... compared his measurements to a database he has of 8000 modern and ancient skulls from around the world... "It ties most closely with the Ainu of Japan." Professor Brace says the inland Northwest tribes who claim Kennewick Man have other ancestors, possibly from prehistoric China. That suggests the New World was peopled by waves of different ethnic groups. DNA testing could confirm or rule out links. But getting a good enough sample from the Kennewick bones has been impossible to date.
by Tom Banse
July 26, 2006
That suggests the New World was peopled by waves of different ethnic groups. DNA testing could confirm or rule out links. But getting a good enough sample from the Kennewick bones has been impossible to date.
Considering this court fight took over a year or more,
I wonder if DNA might have been possible to get if it
had been taken when first discovered.