Scientists in bone battle

nature ^ | 18 March 2009 | Rex Dalton

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Officials at the University of California are moving to give two of the oldest-known skeletons in North America to a local Native American tribe, against the recommendation of university scientists who say the bones should be retained for study.

Under federal law, bones are returned to a tribe that can prove 'cultural affiliation' through artefacts or other analyses. At nearly 10,000 years old, the skeletons in question — unearthed in 1976 at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) — are so ancient that they are not culturally linked to any tribe...But last month, University of California president Mark Yudof and UCSD chancellor Marye Anne Fox began seeking a rare federal approval to give the skeletons to the local Kumeyaay tribe, which has asked for them. And some anthropologists say the decision is based on politics, not science.

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In a follow up report university officials explained that cultural affinity was readily determined by the ceremonial “property of Casino Kumeyaay” vest and deer skin eye shades found with the bones.

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	Thanks JoeProBono. At nearly 10,000 years old, the skeletons in question — unearthed in 1976 at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) — are so ancient that they are not culturally linked to any tribe...But last month, University of California president Mark Yudof and UCSD chancellor Marye Anne Fox began seeking a rare federal approval to give the skeletons to the local Kumeyaay tribe, which has asked for them. And some anthropologists say the decision is based on politics, not science. Yudof and Fox should be fired and blackballed. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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Pure PC BS!!

[dighton]

A little music for boneyards

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Red Skeleton

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what is that?

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American Indians are waging a desperate but losing battle. They want to hide all proof that they are descended from the last primitives to get to the Americas, their ancestors having killed-off the true first primitives from Europe and Asia. Pure PC crap.

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Indian Graveyard